Category: Education, Featured News
RCSD Board Hosts Webinar, Q&A on Budget
Staff report It’s budget season for the Rochester City School District, and there are several ways to learn about the process and the...
MCC Alumnus Creates Endowed Scholarship To Honor Influential Professor
By Tyronda Jamestyrondajames@minorityreporter.net Professor V. Sumati Devadutt joined the faculty of Monroe Community College (MCC) in...
Ad Implores Bill Clark to Run for School Board
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net From the moment he was appointed in November to fill a vacancy on the Rochester City School...
Mendoza Sets Record Straight on School Reopenings
By Tyronda James tyrondajames@minorityreporter.net Dr. Michael Mendoza, commissioner of the Monroe County Department of Public Health, says...
Landmark Society Makes Black History Month’s ‘Walk the Walk’ Into a Video
Staff report The stories of Frederick Douglass and other African-Americans from Rochester’s past are told in Walk the Walk: Encounters...
RCSD Parent Leaders Rally and Says RTA Does Not Speak For Them
By Tyronda Jamestyrondajames@minorityreporter.net Rochester City School District parent leaders of the Parent Leadership Training Institute...
Seven City Residents Become Recruits at State Fire Academy
Staff reports Despite the pandemic and plans by the Rochester Fire Department to not run an academy in 2021, seven city residents...
Gandhi Institute Offers Grants to Youth with Ideas to Heal Hate
Staff report Youth ages 12 to 24 have an opportunity to share how they would heal divisions in their community. The M.K. Gandhi Institute...
Minister Florence: Campaign with Daughter for School Board is “Wonderful Opportunity”
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net A father-daughter team is joining forces to speak with one voice in their campaign for...
Survey Shows Most Affordable, Most Selective HBCU
Staff reports Coppin State University in Baltimore was the most selective among historically Black colleges and universities in 2019-2020...
