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school segregation
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Feedback 12/21
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The roots of our poverty
In 1970, a City Observatory report notes, 2693
residents of Rochester and close-in suburbs lived in census tracts with a high
poverty level. In 2010, that number had grown to 37,670.
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Feedback 5/21
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Segregation forever
It’s probably not a surprise to you, but here’s some news: Americans have turned our back on school integration. Actually, we turned our back on it a long time ago. This month’s Supreme Court decision on affirmative action policies in Michigan is just the latest evidence. Affirmative action has helped innumerable minority students get a […]
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Schools, neighborhoods,and the future of the city
Every once in a while, the topic of neighborhood schools comes up in Rochester. And while part of this stems from nostalgia, there’s also a fiscal argument. The Rochester school district spends a lot of money busing children to schools outside of their neighborhood. The reason: the district’s “school choice” system, which lets parents choose […]
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Our very own storm
I don’t want to overreach with this, but there are lessons for Rochester in Hurricane Katrina — and I don’t mean the dangers of natural disasters. As it was tearing off the roofs of houses and destroying neighborhoods, Katrina was also exposing the enormous divide between New Orleans’ poor and not-poor. And if you don’t […]
