The school’s superintendent Shaun Nelms said it’s ultimately the voice and advocacy of the students that makes it work.
Warner School of Education
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East’s partnership with UR extended
The Rochester school board is extending the partnership between East Upper and Lower Schools and the University of Rochester for up to five years. A new contract still needs to be developed by the attorneys for the UR and the city school district, board President Van White said earlier today. During a meeting Thursday night, […]
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The UR’s bold commitment to a city high school
So much depressing news is coming out of Washington that it was a relief to attend an event last week and leave with a bit of optimism about a local problem. The source of the optimism was a talk by UCLA Professor Pedro Noguera at East High School. Noguera’s topic – America’s failure to invest […]
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Pressure is on for UR to fix East
When the State Education Department released the results of the English language arts and math tests for grades 3-8 a couple of weeks ago, many of us looked for some sign that Superintendent Bolgen Vargas’s strategies – implementing universal prekindergarten, expanding learning time, and reducing summer learning loss — are working. But Rochester’s students showed […]
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UR study reveals concerns about new Common Core curriculum
New York is among 45 states that signed on to teaching a new, more rigorous curriculum called the Common Core. The general idea is two-fold: raise the standard of information that students must know, and create consistency across the public education landscape to help the US remain competitive in a global economy. Seventh-grade students learning […]
