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Why students leave the Rochester city schools
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The Rochester City School District simply does not do well educating students.
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Data center moratorium is a wise choice
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While data centers have potential economic benefits, there are known negative environmental impacts.
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Why should taxpayers subsidize a data center at the STAMP site?
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Building a monster data center at the Genesee County site will take up more than 20 percent of property and create a measly number of jobs while not creating anything useful.
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Cultural exchanges require cultural sensitivity
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A cultural exchange program like ShinShinim may seem benign until we consider the ongoing mass killing, displacement, and devastation in the Middle East.
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This is why farmers rely on undocumented immigrants
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Our representatives in Congress continue to squash immigration reform that local farmers want and need.
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Monroe County shouldn’t give Airbnb a special exemption
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If the county Legislature opts out of a new state requirement to create a short-term rental registry, it will be a vote against basic transparency, enforcement tools, and fair taxation.
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An opportunity for reflection and action
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Dec. 10, the annual celebration of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is a reminder of the need for forward-thinking actions on the human rights challenges we face.
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Getting America to think critically
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Good citizenship requires critical thinking. But today, it’s a nebulous term that is often not clearly defined, assessed or demonstrated by students.
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We need an education movement
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Real and serious efforts to help improve educational conditions for all children in the Rochester City School District must focus around key issues
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Uneducable or unable to educate?
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Is there such a thing as an uneducable student or is it the inability for the educational elite to educate. After decades of educational failure, I know whom I will vote for and side with, the student. It’s without question the inability, or even the will, to educate. You see all kids have innate skills and gifts. When those kids enter pre-K and then begin their K-12 education, these gifts have the opportunity to be discovered.