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Monroe Community College and Finger Lakes Community College will each receive $50,000 to enhance their marketing and recruitment efforts aimed at adult learners. This funding is part of Gov. Hochul’s initiative to provide free community college education for students aged 25 to 55. “When my dad got a college education, our whole family got a […]
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The U.S. Department of Education has issued a directive requiring schools and universities receiving federal funding to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs within two weeks or risk losing financial support. This mandate extends President Trump’s executive order banning DEI initiatives, arguing they violate the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on affirmative action by using […]
Students in the Greece Central School District honored Black History Month with a “Celebration of Black Excellence” event at the Greece Performing Arts Center. The special double-matinee performance showcased students singing, dancing, and speaking on stage. Adding to the excitement, Alan Mingo Jr., the lead actor from the Broadway musical “The Wiz,” joined the students, […]
Sen. Ted Cruz has labeled over 3,400 National Science Foundation (NSF) grants as “woke DEI” research, claiming they promote ideological agendas instead of legitimate science. His report suggests that more than $2 billion of the NSF’s $9 billion budget has been used for projects advancing “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.” The flagged grants include research on […]
What started back in 1965, Urban-Suburban is known as the first and oldest voluntary desegregation program in the U.S. It’s a partnership between local schools in which students from RCSD can attend a suburban district and vice versa. The group also has big plans for its 60th Anniversary Gala on March 20. The money raised […]
Several Rochester-area schools are receiving funding from the Buffalo Bills Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation to introduce Modified Girls Flag Football at the middle school level this spring. Schools benefiting from the initiative include Canisteo-Greenwood, East Lower School, Loretta Johnson Middle School, Greece Olympia and Odyssey, Our Lady of Mercy, Rochester Prep, […]
Nearly five years after COVID-19 disrupted education, the Nation’s Report Card provides a mixed outlook on student achievement. Math scores show modest recovery, with fourth-graders making slight gains since 2022, though still below pre-pandemic levels. Alabama was the only state where fourth-graders outperformed 2019 scores. However, a troubling trend emerged in eighth-grade math, where higher-performing […]
A Naples school bus driver, David L. Ferry, was arrested after authorities found a rifle under a seat on the bus he was driving. According to New York State Police, the 57-year-old purchased the firearm from a store before driving away in a Naples Central School bus. The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office stopped the bus […]
The Rochester City School District (RCSD) is responding to a data breach involving PowerSchool, a widely used software for managing student records. The breach, which occurred in late December, potentially affected over 130,000 student records, including names, contact details, medical records, grades, and transcripts. Superintendent Demario Strickland reassured families that no identities have been compromised […]
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