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HANK RUBIN | GUEST COLUMNIST I wear this lapel pin every time I put on a sport coat. It holds great meaning for me ... and…
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From Josh Navarro, WROC Getting full-time bilingual teachers in the Rochester City School District has been a challenge. This as the district tries to educate all…
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By Tim Louis Macaluso, City Newspaper Preparing the budget for the coming year has always been a mammoth undertaking for the Rochester City School District,…
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By JAMES BROWN A local child-focused, nonprofit organization is offering a critique of the Rochester City School District’s proposed budget. The Children’s Agenda review was released Thursday. It…
Read More »The Children’s Agenda annually reviews the Rochester City School District’s budget in an effort to give parents and the public a more transparent and analytical…
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From WHAM ROCHESTER, NY (WHAM) -- When the Rochester City School District Interim Superintendent announced his proposed budget it included a number of cuts district…
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From WHEC ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Children's Agenda released its break down of the 2019-2020 Rochester City School District budget before Thursday's hearing. Their recommendation…
Read More »Which school districts are making progress on problems like Rochester’s, and how? When we first started asking that six years ago, we found: Graduate Tacoma:…
Read More »By Tim Louis Macaluso, City Newspaper The Rochester school district's budget has been a target of the district's critics for years. The district, they say,…
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From Rochester Beacon In Rochester city schools, perceptions of safety, low school attendance and a lack of trust and connection among students, teachers and staff…
Read More »From Mary Anna Towler, City Newspaper Is it time to change the way the Rochester school district is governed? Is it time to have it…
Read More »There's no clear list of options from which to choose an alternative governance model for the Rochester City School District. What is a state takeover,…
Read More »Appearing in the Democrat & Chronicle Hank Rubin, Guest Essayist “It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass I’ve been…
Read More »From Will Astor, Rochester Beacon A broad coalition of area community groups, local nonprofits and other organizations is calling on state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia…
Read More »By Justin Murphy, Democrat & Chronicle For the first time in decades, decision-makers in Rochester are having a robust discussion about different models of governance…
Read More »Appearing in the Democrat & Chronicle Rosemary Rivera & Mercedes Phelan, Guest Essayists With controversies claiming most of the headlines, it’s easy to overlook successes…
Read More »From WHEC ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Local community and business leaders, along with Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, claim they want a say when it comes to transforming…
Read More »From Josh Navarro, WROC ROCHESTER, NY - "ROC the Future," a group that includes Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and Congressman Joe Morelle, is pushing for more…
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By Velvet Spicer, Rochester Business Journal Roc the Future, an alliance of more than 60 leading Rochester institutions, on Monday launched a new initiative to…
Read More »By Justin Murphy. Democrat & Chronicle The community nonprofit coalition ROC the Future and Mayor Lovely Warren Monday declared an end of the status quo for…
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Democrat & Chronicle’s Justin Murphy: “A landmark community report in 2014 drew attention to that problem and helped set in motion a series of reforms.…
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BY JIM AROUNE The sound of punching could be heard in one of the "Safe Rooms" at Enrico Fermi School 17 in Rochester's Northwest Thursday.…
Read More »From Randy Gorbman, WXXI The report released on Thursday is from The Children’s Agenda, a locally-based non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of children in the Rochester…
Read More »From WHAM Rochester, N.Y. – A local watchdog group says disciplinary reforms in the Rochester City School District are making a difference Analysis by The…
Read More »From Justin Murphy, Democrat and Chronicle Michael Kelly was acting like a fool. He didn't deny it. That is why, by 9 a.m. one recent…
Read More »From Kevin Oklobzija, Rochester Business Journal ROC the Future, a community-wide initiate that engages more than 100 organizations and individuals to collectively improve academic outcomes…
Read More »The Children’s Agenda advocates for effective policies and drives evidenced-based solutions for the health, education and success of children. We are especially committed to children who are vulnerable because of poverty, racism, health disparities and trauma.
