Category: Education, Featured News
RCSD Sees Rise in Four-Year Graduation Rate
Jan 18, 2021
Staff reports The four-year graduation rate for the Rochester City School District improved over the previous year, according to the New...
RTN Offers Community Winter Grassroots Journalism Workshop
Jan 13, 2021
By Tyronda Jamestyrondajames@minorityreporter.net The community-powered news outlet Reclaiming the Narrative has begun its latest offerings...
DeAnna Burt-Nanna Appointed as MCC’s First President of Color
Jan 11, 2021
By Tyronda Jamestyrondajames@minorityreporter.net An experienced educator, administrator, and advocate for educational access and...
Mayor Warren’s Agenda for City Envisions “New Era for Everyone”
Jan 07, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net If New York legalizes adult recreational use of marijuana, Mayor Lovely Warren wants a chunk...
ABC Conference Issues Call to Action on Racism as a Public Health Issue
Jan 06, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Racism and health disparities collided in 2020. What some people are calling the twin...
RCSD Superintendent Says She Will Update Board on In-Person Learning
Jan 06, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Rochester City School District Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small said she will update the...
RCSD Looks at Bringing Students in Grades 7-12 Back to Classrooms
Dec 30, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net City students in grades 7-12 who so far have been denied in-person learning may get back into...
RCSD Lesson Plan for Reopening Pays Attention to Social/Emotional Health
Dec 28, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net A week before Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small announced the plan to reopen the Rochester City...
RCSD Elementary Students Get a Hybrid Model While 7-12th Graders Stay Remote
Dec 18, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net All seventh- through 12th-grade students in the Rochester City School District will finish the...
New York’s Online Learning Opportunity Could Leave Some Workers Behind
Dec 14, 2020
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net New York state is offering a free way for unemployed and underemployed residents to learn or...