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  • Rochester schools suspend students at high and unequal rate
    Rochester schools suspend students at high and unequal rate
    October 24, 2022

    Despite a stated interest in moving away from harsh disciplinary practices, local schools continue to suspend students at high and unequal rates, according to a…

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  • Parents Want More Support, Greater Transparency in Rochester City School District Budget
    Parents Want More Support, Greater Transparency in Rochester City School District Budget
    April 15, 2022

    The Children's Agenda released a preliminary budget analysis Wednesday outlining many of those commonly cited concerns about the current proposal.

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  • NY Gov. Hochul signs bill for $40M Early Intervention fund but sidesteps formula change
    NY Gov. Hochul signs bill for $40M Early Intervention fund but sidesteps formula change
    January 5, 2022

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last week signed legislation to increase funding for Early Intervention services for young children with developmental delays and also pledged…

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  • Bronson, New York State Legislature pass measure with goal of halving child poverty
    Bronson, New York State Legislature pass measure with goal of halving child poverty
    June 18, 2021

    A bill setting the goal of halving child poverty in New York within a decade has passed the Legislature and now goes to Gov. Andrew…

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  • Schumer touts federal relief that will help New Yorkers recover, urges for SALT repeal
    Schumer touts federal relief that will help New Yorkers recover, urges for SALT repeal
    April 1, 2021

    Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer visited Rochester on Wednesday, enumerating the bounty of recent federal stimulus funding and promising even further spending in President Joe…

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  • A quarter billion dollars for RCSD likely out of federal stimulus, less for other districts
    A quarter billion dollars for RCSD likely out of federal stimulus, less for other districts
    March 15, 2021

    RCSD is in line for about $87 million from the COVID-19 relief bill that Congress passed in December. The more recent bill signed into law…

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  • The return of the PLAC: After a year of planning city school parents get their voices back
    The return of the PLAC: After a year of planning city school parents get their voices back
    February 24, 2021

    The city school district's Parent Leadership Advisory Council (PLAC) officially re-launched last week after about a year of preparation from a dedicated team of parents, caregivers…

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  • Essay: Hospital community committed to the wellness, humanity of children
    Essay: Hospital community committed to the wellness, humanity of children
    February 11, 2021

    In January 2021, a nine-year-old girl in our community was handcuffed and pepper sprayed by police. As a community that cares for children and sees their…

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  • Essay: RCSD students deserve in-person option
    Essay: RCSD students deserve in-person option
    February 5, 2021

    The children and families of Rochester City Schools deserve the right to choose an in-person learning option based on the reopening plan that has been…

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  • Essay: Sen. Schumer and Congress, seize the moment and cut child poverty
    Essay: Sen. Schumer and Congress, seize the moment and cut child poverty
    February 5, 2021

    We applaud New York’s own Chuck Schumer for understanding “the fierce urgency of now” in fighting for the needs of low-income families with children. The…

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  • ‘Time for parents to really assert their power.’ How Kilolo Moyo-White puts parents first
    ‘Time for parents to really assert their power.’ How Kilolo Moyo-White puts parents first
    January 13, 2021

    In her role as family and community engagement specialist, Moyo-White continues to serve and work with PECAN, the first organization she joined in the city.…

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  • Farash Foundation to fund fellowship for ‘bold, innovative vision for education’
    Farash Foundation to fund fellowship for ‘bold, innovative vision for education’
    January 5, 2021

    The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation announced this week the creation of a two-year Rochester Education Fellowship, the latest reform-oriented effort to fix what…

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  • State monitor keeps hammering message that RCSD is overstaffed
    State monitor keeps hammering message that RCSD is overstaffed
    November 18, 2020

    The state monitor for the Rochester City School District is recommending a significant reduction in teachers in city schools and a more disciplined approach to…

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  • Bronson bill would establish child poverty reduction council with ambitious 10-year target
    Bronson bill would establish child poverty reduction council with ambitious 10-year target
    October 30, 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue with rising unemployment. The virus has hit poor, non-white communities the hardest. An additional 10,000 children in Monroe…

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  • RCSD’s budget gap is big – but how big?
    RCSD’s budget gap is big – but how big?
    October 21, 2020

    The Rochester City School District has a budget shortfall of either $117 million or $199 million — or far less, depending on one's definition of "deficit,"…

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  • Essay: School reopening plans must meet safety, needs of students
    Essay: School reopening plans must meet safety, needs of students
    August 28, 2020

    Equity means ensuring additional supports for the students falling the farthest behind. One positive trend in reopening plans has been the prioritization of young children,…

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  • ‘Catastrophic’: RCSD suffers most among county districts from looming state funding cuts
    ‘Catastrophic’: RCSD suffers most among county districts from looming state funding cuts
    August 22, 2020

    The looming threat of a 20% cut in state education funding has school districts across New York anxious — but, as is often the case, it…

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  • RCSD has the least in-person instruction. Is that good or bad?
    RCSD has the least in-person instruction. Is that good or bad?
    August 6, 2020

    Students in the Rochester City School District collectively will spend less time in school buildings than any other school district in Monroe County, and nearly…

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  • City schools are filling the digital divide with MiFi
    City schools are filling the digital divide with MiFi
    July 18, 2020

    The Rochester City School District will keep distributing MiFi devices known as hot spots to help students who are struggling to access the internet.

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  • Because of COVID-19, 3-year-olds may lose services next week without state action
    Because of COVID-19, 3-year-olds may lose services next week without state action
    June 23, 2020

    An unspecified number of New York 3-year-olds with developmental delays and disabilities may lose their state-provided services next week if the state does not extend…

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  • Missing meals: Coronavirus has 1 in 3 parents of infants and preschoolers skipping food
    Missing meals: Coronavirus has 1 in 3 parents of infants and preschoolers skipping food
    May 1, 2020

    A survey conducted the week of April 22 of New York parents found that 1 in 3 of of the parents surveyed had their hours…

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  • RCSD budget cuts: What they mean
    RCSD budget cuts: What they mean
    April 15, 2020

    The day after the Rochester City School District announces its latest round of budget cuts, D&C education reporter will speak with former board member Melanie…

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  • RCSD finally names providers who lose out in pre-K shift. Some say they were never told
    RCSD finally names providers who lose out in pre-K shift. Some say they were never told
    April 1, 2020

    Back in January, when the Rochester City School District first proposed shifting some prekindergarten seats from community-based organizations into district buildings, officials said the list…

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  • Opinion:  RCSD Pre-K restructure will have devastating results on community
    Opinion: RCSD Pre-K restructure will have devastating results on community
    February 16, 2020

    The proposed restructuring of the RCSD’s preschool program will close high-quality community-based centers (CBOs)... in a new plan that hurts families hurts families and fails…

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  • RCSD budget crisis: Public forums aim to inform and empower district parents
    RCSD budget crisis: Public forums aim to inform and empower district parents
    February 11, 2020

    Making Sense of the RCSD budget: Hosted by The Children's Agenda and ROC the Future. 5.30-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, Rochester Educational Opportunity Center, 161 Chestnut St.,…

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  • Travesty or necessity? Mayor, district at odds over proposal to reconfigure city pre-K
    Travesty or necessity? Mayor, district at odds over proposal to reconfigure city pre-K
    February 7, 2020

    The district's plan to reapportion 500, or roughly 25%, of pre-K slots allotted local nonprofits to a handful of new and expanded city school sites…

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  • Sources: RCSD deliberately pushed budget to breaking point, banking on state bailout
    Sources: RCSD deliberately pushed budget to breaking point, banking on state bailout
    October 7, 2019

    Former superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams intended to push district finances to breaking point and force the state to increase funding as the crisis developed in plain…

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  • RCSD budget gap is about $30 million, Terry Dade says
    RCSD budget gap is about $30 million, Terry Dade says
    September 26, 2019

    The current budget gap in the Rochester City School District is about $30 million, Superintendent Terry Dade said Thursday, less than originally feared but still…

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  • Black, Latina women: How to fix NY’s wage gap that pays them cents to each dollar a man makes
    Black, Latina women: How to fix NY’s wage gap that pays them cents to each dollar a man makes
    August 23, 2019

    Women of color make significantly less than white, non-Latino men over the course of their careers

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  • RCSD pre-K is a national triumph, so why can’t that success continue in older grades?
    RCSD pre-K is a national triumph, so why can’t that success continue in older grades?
    July 18, 2019

    The Rochester Early Childhood Education Center attributes parent involvement to much of its success.

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  • Our guidepost should be ‘The Benefit of Children’
    Our guidepost should be ‘The Benefit of Children’
    June 5, 2019

    Hank Rubin, PhD, board member of The Children’s Agenda, discusses "The Benefit Of Children" and the lines between what we say and what we do.

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  • Pre-K special ed providers: Dinolfo broke 15% increase promise
    Pre-K special ed providers: Dinolfo broke 15% increase promise
    May 30, 2019

    When Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announced she was proposing a 15% "across-the-board" increase in reimbursement rates for preschool special education, providers and advocates hailed…

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  • Guest Essay – Community can provide stability for city schools
    Guest Essay – Community can provide stability for city schools
    April 4, 2019

    Which school districts are making progress on problems like Rochester’s, and how?

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  • Monroe County to increase pre-K special ed funding
    Monroe County to increase pre-K special ed funding
    March 13, 2019

    Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo on Tuesday proposed a 15 percent rate hike for preschool special education providers, a welcome boost that could have significant…

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  • RCSD: What are leadership options for the troubled school district?
    RCSD: What are leadership options for the troubled school district?
    March 11, 2019

    There's no clear list of options from which to choose an alternative governance model for the Rochester City School District.

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  • Embrace change to improve education in Rochester
    Embrace change to improve education in Rochester
    March 8, 2019

    Hank Rubin, Guest Essayist, discusses his support of ROC the Future.

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  • Anything goes for fixing Rochester schools — except including county districts
    Anything goes for fixing Rochester schools — except including county districts
    March 7, 2019

    For the first time in decades, decision-makers in Rochester are having a robust discussion about different models of governance for education in the city. Mayor…

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  • Guest Opinion:  School climate success offers a way forward for Rochester students
    Guest Opinion:  School climate success offers a way forward for Rochester students
    March 6, 2019

    With controversies claiming most of the headlines, it’s easy to overlook successes in the Rochester City School District. Last month, the Children’s Agenda, in collaboration…

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  • Warren issues challenge to Rochester, state over failing schools: ‘Today that stops’
    Warren issues challenge to Rochester, state over failing schools: ‘Today that stops’
    March 4, 2019

    The community nonprofit coalition ROC the Future and Mayor Lovely Warren Monday declared an end of the status quo for education in the city of Rochester.

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  • Rochester Suspensions Down
    Rochester Suspensions Down
    February 15, 2019

    A landmark community report in 2014 drew attention to that problem and helped set in motion a series of reforms. Now, nearly five years later,…

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  • Suspensions down, way down, in Rochester schools thanks to new approaches
    Suspensions down, way down, in Rochester schools thanks to new approaches
    February 14, 2019

    A landmark community report in 2014 drew attention to that problem and helped set in motion a series of reforms. Now, nearly five years later, the…

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  • OPINION Silence is not an option in Rochester
    OPINION Silence is not an option in Rochester
    January 19, 2019

    Hank Rubin, board member of The Children’s Agenda, retired VP of Rochester Area Community Foundation and former advisor to the US Commission on Civil Rights,…

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