Education
School COVID anxiety: At least it’s not the A-bomb
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In October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought civil defense drills and fears about being vaporized on the way home from school.
Education
UR aims to broaden STEM participation
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The Warner School of Education has received a $2.5 million grant to develop a model to challenge math students in high-need and high-poverty schools.
Education
Safe to return?
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College faculty and students are coming back to campus to begin a fall semester clouded by apprehension over COVID-19.
Education
Pandemic reveals strains in higher education, panelists say
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College leaders taking part in a Rochester Beacon-Upstate Venture Connect webinar say institutions need to rethink their revenue sources.
Education
Regional task force helps guide school reopening plans
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Convened by Common Ground Health, the group includes school leaders, local government officials, health care and public health experts, nonprofits and parents from 13 counties.
Education
White House backs down, removing threat to foreign students
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The move means international students in Rochester and around the country will not face loss of their lawful status if they attend online-only classes this fall.
GUEST OPINION
School choice should be my choice
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How the challenges and limitations she faced shaped one parent’s journey across the Rochester City School District, charter schools and homeschooling.
GUEST OPINION
The RCSD board: Time for a new cast and a better plot
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For too long, Rochester school boards have hidden behind the dual excuses of too little state aid and too high poverty. No more excuses.
Education
Higher ed learns a new skill
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Local college and university professors had to switch to online-only teaching when the pandemic lockdown began. For some, it was an alien instructional landscape.
Technology
The cost of digital disparity in a pandemic
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In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, those without broadband service face an even tougher struggle. The RCSD and others are are facing the challenge directly.