GUEST OPINION
Investment in restorative practices yields results
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As School 19 enters its third year of integrating restorative practices, it is seeing gains in reduced behavioral incidents and suspensions. Ending such efforts would limit progress.
Health & Science
Building a network
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Physician organizations at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Syracuse’s St. Joseph’s Health have formed Concordia, an alliance to pursue value-based care. Will it be able to amplify the cost-saving and health benefits, that this approach aims to bring, to individual members?
Technology
Regenerating human tissue through 3D printing
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An engineering professor at Rochester Institute of Technology has found that platforms created through 3D printing techniques can help regenerate human tissue.
Justice & Public Safety
Open warrants and criminal justice reform
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Albany is readying to tackle cash bail reform. Yet like with many reforms, getting the details right is key to having the right impact.
Education
RCSD’s ability to present coherent plan remains unclear
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State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia late last week told the Rochester School District that she wasn’t satisfied with its response to the Distinguished Educator report. Will the district be able to come up with a clearer plan in six weeks?
Letter from Washington
The roots of a young conservative in D.C.
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At 35, Rachel Bovard—who grew up in Dansville—has become a leading strategist and voice on the right in America. In a conversation, she reflects on her Rochester-area roots and what life is like in 2019 for a young conservative woman in the nation’s capital.
Community
A new way forward
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Since becoming United Way CEO a year ago, Jaime Saunders has shown a willingness to take risks. “We’re going to make mistakes, we’re going to learn and course correct and grow,” she says.
GUEST OPINION
Rochester ranks worst for labor market vitality
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Our city ranked dead last among the “coldest” job markets, according to a new study. Will we continue to lose talent?
Education
ROC the Future to push for RCSD overhaul
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Together with Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, the group asked Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to work with it to achieve “transformational change.”
Beaconomics
Kodak’s long shadow
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Employment and GDP data reveal the impact of Kodak’s decline on the Rochester metro economy.