by Matt Lavonas | Nov 8, 2017 | News
Monroe County’s best school? It’s in the city, our exclusive Quality Index shows By Justin Murphy, @citizenmurphy The last bell of the day rang at 3 p.m. and the 300 students at Francis Parker School 23, in Rochester’s Park Avenue neighborhood, spilled out...
by Matt Lavonas | Nov 2, 2017 | News
By ELIZABETH A. HARRISNOV. 1, 2017 Children at Public School 682 in Brooklyn took part in a program that integrates high-functioning children with autism with general education students. A new report found that many students with special needs in the city are not...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 26, 2017 | News
Colleagues, Only a few hours after receiving the appeal from AFT President Randi Weingarten (see below), the RTA Representative Assembly voted unanimously to donate $2000 to Operation Agua – a campaign to assist with the humanitarian emergency in Puerto Rico. We...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 25, 2017 | News
by BWW News Desk Oct. 24, 2017 The Broadway League, the national trade organization for the commercial theatre industry, announces Jason Ford as the 2017 League Educator Apple Award recipient. Now in its 15th year, the awards acknowledge the efforts of local...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 24, 2017 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, On Tuesday, November 7, we will have an opportunity to cast a very important vote on whether we should approve authorization to hold a Constitutional Convention in New York State. I urge you to vote NO. It would be a hugely expensive and dangerous...