by Matt Lavonas | Nov 14, 2017 | News
by Meaghan M. McDermott, @meagmcPublished 1:56 p.m. ET Nov. 13, 2017 | The most effective way to combat child abuse is to prevent it from happening at all. That’s the rationale behind a push by a coalition of local faith leaders, physicians, parents and child...
by Matt Lavonas | Nov 8, 2017 | News
By Jesse McKinley Nov. 7, 2017 ALBANY — New York voters gave a resounding thumbs down to a constitutional convention on Tuesday, once again rejecting an opportunity to open the state’s founding document to a full-scale overhaul after opponents stoked...
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...