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GUEST OPINION

In New York, do we get what we pay for in education?

By GEOFF ROSENBERGER | 21 hours ago

Those who defend high per-pupil spending here cite better student outcomes. Yet the numbers don’t support the narrative.

Privilege and policing policy

When a Rochester public school graduate comes home to teach

A lens on Black lives and the fight for justice

Aging local population brings special surgical needs

GUEST OPINION

Leading by example

By KENNETH RHEE | August 11, 2020

For a leader, showing congruence between intent and behavior is essential to building trust. Why is it so difficult to do?

GUEST OPINION

Finding opportunity amid the pandemic

By ANDREW LaMANNA | August 5, 2020

Our region’s businesses could have a competitive edge in the new environment.

GUEST OPINION

Back to school in the pandemic era

By NIPA ARMBRUSTER | July 31, 2020

Parents are waiting for a final decision on reopening so they can start preparing their children and households for a school experience unlike any they have ever had.

GUEST OPINION

Ending police abuses requires culture change

By JOHN CALIA | July 27, 2020

Concepts that translate from business turnarounds can serve in the effort to alter the behavior of police in the community.

GUEST OPINION

‘These dead shall not have died in vain’: COVID’s Gettysburg moment

By MICHAEL J. BROWN | July 21, 2020

Those who have perished from the coronavirus cannot determine what their deaths will mean for the nation; it is, as it was amid the Civil War, for us to decide.

GUEST OPINION

Virus takes heavy human, financial toll on long-term care providers

By GLEN COOPER | July 10, 2020

The facilities are committed to mitigating the spread of COVID-19, but the governor’s executive order mandating testing has brought increased costs significantly.

GUEST OPINION

Let’s commit to a future that includes telemedicine

By SAMRA BROUK | July 6, 2020

The pandemic has shown that widespread virtual health care is possible. What’s unclear is whether telemedicine offerings will be available and accessible long-term.