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.…
Read More »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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Read More »Youth leaders from across Rochester are coming together in person to train for the future. The group "ROC the Future" launched its Youth Leadership Coalition…
Read More »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…
Read More »In episode 11 of Together for Change, our host Christian Motley talks with community leaders from Rochester, New York, and StriveTogether President and CEO Jennifer…
Read More »The likelihood that students will return to school full time is decreasing as COVID cases increase. For many parents, the burdensome process of remote learning…
Read More »ROC the Future, which focuses on bettering the lives of children, gave an update on the impact of the pandemic.
Read More »The Rochester City School District is continuing to make plans to safely reopen their schools for in person learning. As of now, Superintendent Dr. Leslie…
Read More »Children’s advocates say there are stories of success in the Rochester City School District, however there exist wide differences in outcomes within the district’s various…
Read More »ROC the Future has released its annual "State of Our Children" report card. It tracks key measures of wellbeing of children and youth in the…
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Read More »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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Read More »Experts in child health and education say the pandemic will have lasting effects on children's social and emotional needs and their overall wellbeing. Effective in…
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Read More »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,…
Read More »According to a recent report from Roc the Future, the Rochester community has stepped up to improve the digital divide during the pandemic. The original…
Read More »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…
Read More »Eammon Scanlon, education policy manager for the Children's Agenda, a Rochester-based non-profit, gives the school reopening plans he’s seen mixed marks, but he doesn’t blame…
Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »A day after Rochester City Council passed a budget which would remove armed officers from schools, local advocacy groups and activists celebrated a small win,…
Read More »The Children’s Agenda is encouraged by City Council’s approval of the 2020-2021 City of Rochester budget. This budget includes several measures that will address inequities…
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Read More »This is the second of a series of blog posts regarding the current RSCD budget situation. The Rochester City School District (RCSD) is currently looking…
Read More »Advocates and parents joined the Rochester School Board in an enthusiastic embrace of the board’s selection of former Brockport Central School District Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small,…
Read More »The Rochester Area Community Foundation has established a COVID Education Fund to urgently support the purchase of technology and home internet access for students who…
Read More »The RACF noted an April 15 report on the digital divide in Rochester, researched by The Children’s Agenda for ROC the Future, illustrates the problem.…
Read More »Nearly two dozen people voiced their ideas on how Rochester should spend $7.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds at a City Council committee meeting…
Read More »When schools closed in March and teachers and students were pushed to online learning settings, the transition proved difficult for students who lack internet access…
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Read More »Stephanie Townsend is speaking out about the need for scientific literacy. She says the pandemic has underscored the erosion of this kind of literacy, and…
Read More »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…
Read More »The Children's Agenda put together an online zoom training to help participants both understand what was in the Rochester City School District Budget and also…
Read More »Rochester City School District officials have to bridge an $81 million gap in its budget for the upcoming academic year, which means cuts are inevitable.
Read More »There's a heated debate happening regarding what to cut, and what to keep, in Rochester city schools. Evan Dawson recently spoke to Superintendent Terry Dade;…
Read More »Today, The Children’s Agenda (TCA) released the executive summary for its annual RCSD Budget Analysis. Key points include the trickle-down effect of the recently passed…
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Read More »The Children's Agenda offered a 'teach-in' that discussed what caused the budget crisis. It says misreporting of numbers caused it.
Read More »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.,…
Read More »The session is an opportunity to learn more about the district’s budget crisis by discussing its causes, how decisions about money are made, how parents…
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