Category: City, Education, Hot News, Politics
Former Mayor Duffy: We Own School Failure, We Need to Change It
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Update: The City of Rochester has appealed the decision by a state Supreme Court justice who...
Time to Wake America Up from its Student Debt Nightmare
By: Charlene Crowell (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Higher education has always offered opportunities to learn and earn a better quality of...
Changes in Child-Care Subsidy Could Save Hundreds for Low-Income Families in Monroe County
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Some low-income families whose child care costs are subsidized will save an average of $800...
Regulatory Rollback on Student Loans Takes Away Borrower Protections
By: Charlene Crowell (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Every Fourth of July celebrates this nation’s founding. But this year, only a few...
East’s Shaun Nelms Leads ROC the Future Convener Board
Shaun Nelms, superintendent of East Upper and Lower Schools, has been named chairman of the convener board of ROC the Future. Nelms...
Red, White and Blue and Black: Website Gives African American Perspective of Fourth of July
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked a group of white abolitionists in Rochester,...
Food Left on Table as Fewer Students Take Advantage of Free Summer Meals
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net If the children aren’t coming to the meals, maybe the meals need to go to the children....
Summer Gives Kids More Ways to Keep Learning
School’s out, but the learning can keep going all summer. New York State United Teachers suggest several ways for parents to help...
Irondequoit Let’s Show We Don’t Fear Progress
Dear Editor, The biggest obstacle to progress is settling for a status quo that simply isn’t good enough. Over the past several years, I...
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Honors Tokeya C. Graham
An educator and speaker on race, literature and women’s issues was honored by the Rochester Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta...
