Education
SUNY Geneseo, community colleges launch honors pathway
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The new initiative would increase resources and streamline the transfer process for students in community college honors programs.
Justice & Public Safety
Alliance voices support for PAB, terminated staffers
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The Police Accountability Board Alliance wants the terminated PAB employees to be reinstated.
GUEST OPINION
New research shows rising class, falling race gaps in economic mobility
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A study of U.S. children born between 1978 and 1992 found that class-based inequality widened sharply among white families, while racial inequality between white and Black children narrowed greatly.
Education
Rosser upbeat on his first year, RCSD’s future
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In an April 17 online event with the Beacon, Superintendent Eric Rosser discussed his goals for the Rochester City School District and progress since he started on the job last July.
Community
RMSC CEO to step down in June
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After eight years at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Hillary Olson is leaving for a position in Delaware.
Letters
The Haudenosaunee Nationals belong in the Olympics
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Why are the people who invented lacrosse not being allowed to play when it returns to the Olympic stage?
Letters
State of the City failed to address the state of educating city students
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In the mayor’s speech, there was no mention of the need to fix the decades-old, failed approach to educating Rochester city school students.
Community
Sixth annual RASE update marks progress
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The presentation highlighted implemented recommendations related to dismantling structural inequity but stressed work remains to be done.
Culture
A new cello concerto for the RPO
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Weekend premiere performances feature the first cello concerto by Jennifer Higdon, a contemporary American composer who has both a Pulitzer Prize and Grammy awards to her name.
Culture
A lens focused on Black beauty
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Adam Eaton’s fine art photography book project, “Black Is Beautiful,” draws from five years of Eaton’s work, connecting with and featuring the community.