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The bipartisan compromise, which calls for an independent commission to review and recommend changes, signals a truce between Republicans and Democrats allied with County Executive Adam Bello.
Banks’ dominance of financial transactions has perpetuated a system that is relatively slow and expensive. But change is coming.
In a new book, former URMC CEO Bradford Berk M.D. writes about the 2009 bike accident that left him a quadriplegic and what he has learned about dealing with grief and trauma from acute neurological injury.
Rochester’s mayor and two others were indicted by a grand jury for campaign finance violations allegedly committed during the last city mayoral race.
As part of the national All in Campus Democracy Challenge, they boosted student voting rates in the 2018 midterm elections.
In the latest statewide public school test results, New York’s charter schools once again outperformed their local school districts as well as the state as a whole. To those who oppose the charter school movement, here’s simple question: “What is your proposed solution to the urban education crisis?”
Darrell Huff’s “How to Lie with Statistics” was an instant classic following its publication in 1954. Do widely quoted figures on K-12 education tell the whole story?
This year marks a half-century since RIT relocated from downtown to Henrietta. What began as a move born of necessity paved the way to realize a more modern, progressive vision for the institute.
If there is a single barrier to district improvement, it is the diffusion of power. Well-intentioned empowerment of students, parents and teachers leaves little power for school leaders.
A world-class open space would help transform downtown Rochester, and Parcel 5 by far is the best location for it. Many people support the idea, but it’s extremely unlikely to happen, in part due to a number of misconceptions.