Test scores are one metric that show charter schools’ success. But some advocacy groups argue there shouldn’t be ‘bad’ school choices.
The Children’s Agenda
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Advocates urge Rochester district to balance cuts
The Children’s Agenda wants the district to pare back cuts to special education and English language learner programs.
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[UPDATED] Behind the RCSD budget crisis: pressure and gimmicks
Auditors from the state Comptroller’s Office have begun scrutinizing the Rochester City School District’s 2018-19 budget to figure out how the district spent an estimated $30 million it didn’t have – an endeavor the state predicts could take six months to a year to conclude. Meanwhile, on Tuesday Superintendent Terry Dade is expected to update […]
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Tim Hortons tragedy underscores child care needs
Little is known yet about what led to the tragic death of a 3-year-old child in a grease pit behind a Tim Hortons last week. Rochester police say the child’s mother had taken him to work at Tim Hortons that day because she didn’t have other care available. And while the child’s death has focused […]
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Confusion around special education programs continues
Even as preschool special education providers began inking contracts with Monroe County this week, the county has continued to clarify what those contracts mean. The new agreements, set to take effect July 1, laid out new reimbursement rates for preschool special education services. The county sets these rates, and pays the providers, to ensure that […]
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Focus intensifies on RCSD’s special education
The Rochester school district got some good news last week in the form of rising graduation rates. But concerns over the district’s special education program continues.
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Dinolfo’s budget will add funding for visitation programs
A coalition of children’s advocates, faith leaders, and medical professionals are urging Monroe County officials to better fund services that have been proven to help prevent child abuse. Specifically, the coalition wants Monroe County to restore $1.7 million worth of funding that has been cut from some of those programs since 2014. They include Nurse-Family […]
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Day care subsidies: What Maggie Brooks didn’t say
When Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks presented her 2014 budget proposal recently, she said that the county would provide more funding than the state required for child day care subsidies. And as a result, she said, no families currently receiving child day care subsidies would lose their slots. But Brooks chose her words carefully. She didn’t […]
