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Foreign Students Important
Brookings Institution Foreign students are important to the Rochester economy, new data from the Brookings Institution shows. There were 6,782 international students at area colleges from 2008 to...
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Who Owns the “Caste System?”
An article on the Dropout Nation website highlights terrible statistics about the Rochester City School District. The Democrat and Chronicle editorial board linked to the piece by Michael Holzman,...
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Cutting Out Counselors
Credit: University of Rochester Guidance counselors and principals in the Rochester City School District no longer have the power to change student schedules. They first have to get permission from...
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Grade Inflation or Common Sense?
November 3 memo to teachers Once again, the Rochester City School District has instructed teachers not to give any grades below 50 percent. Some teachers are outraged by this practice. Students who...
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Vargas Has Short Memory
Rochester Superintendent Bolgen Vargas has a short memory. He plans to sue the school board over its vote to strip him of some hiring and firing powers related to the Superintendent Employee Group....
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Not Sheep
The numbers are in. Thousands of parents – a third or more of them in some districts – are opting their children out of state tests next week. The Buffalo News and Democrat and Chronicle editorial...
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Alice
An email from a retiring Rochester City School District teacher sent to the superintendent and other top officials received a lot of attention. Alice Lombardo sent me her email a few days before her...
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Recess for Discipline?
This memo came to me from an elementary school teacher fed up with a perceived lack of discipline. Disruptive students and violent students can be removed from class, but they’re quickly returned....
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Rochester’s College Scorecard
Which colleges give you more bang for the buck? That’s what the White House’s College Scorecard attempts to do. It was released Saturday. You can find out how information such as how much money...
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Why Bolgen was a Bust
Bolgen Vargas was seen as the savior. The district’s spirit was broken back in the spring of 2011. Outgoing Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard had created chaos and ill will. There was a massive budget...
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