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Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack Foundation will help provide creative and educational resources to young adults who require assistance in his home city of Houston. The first thing the foundation will do is to launch the HBCU Waymon Webster scholarship program, which is intended to help college students who are having financial difficulties during the pandemic […]
New York State Assembly workers are introducing a new piece of legislation that aims to assist working parents who’s children are remote learning. “This would be aligned with the current paid family law. Parents would be able to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave, which is about two-thirds of the wage you have,” […]
Topic of discussion for a long time has been about students in public schools being suspended. Some education advocates are speaking out and calling on the state to ban suspension and grade schools. Advocates say school suspensions are ineffective and time out of school is linked to student odds of graduating high school. In my […]
The Rochester City School District released their plans to reopen for this next school year. Dr. Lesli C. Myers-Smalls sent out a letter Monday addressing the districts reopening and the School Year 2020-2021: RSCD Together document. To read her letter click here. Prior to the RCSD Together plan, the district asked for input from the […]
At last night’s meeting Rochester City School District Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small explained the proposed hybrid model plan for reopening schools. Grades five through twelve will be remote; pre-K through fouth grade will split into two groups and one group having in-person lessons on Mondays and Tuesday, and the second group having in-person lessons on Thursdays […]
Learning from home means eating at home during the day, here are some things to keep in mind. According to family doctors and childhood feeding experts, cognitive health is supported through food, movement and hydration. Maintaining even blood sugar levels help with ability to pay attention. Protein helps stabilize blood sugar over a long period […]
As we quickly approach the Fall more and more parents have questions about schools being back in session come September. Kids been out of school for about 6 months. Something my generation would have dreamed of if we were still in school. Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a press conference that he’ll make his decision […]
As we get closer to the end of the week, the decision to reopen schools stays at the front and center of attention. Tonight at 6 p.m. The Rochester and Geneva City School Districts Board of Education will host a virtual meeting. When Superintendent Dr. Lesli Myers-Small last addressed these groups she assured that students […]
More colleges in the Rochester area are announcing that they will be re opening for the 2020 fall semester. Each school has its own set of plans for the safety of their students, but most of them contain precautions like: decreased class sizes, online learning, strict sanitation guidelines, restrictions on gatherings and visitors and a […]
On July 1, SUNY Brockport released a statement on Twitter, announcing that it would be reopening for the 2020 Fall semester. What the school calls “face-to-face” instruction will resume, as well as residential life on campus. The school website has an online resource guide that provides full details on safety measures, recreation events, information for […]
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