by Matt Lavonas | Oct 21, 2017 | News
If Betsy DeVos enjoys the occasional quaff of champagne on her private jet, the recent news that the Supreme Court is poised to deliver a knock-out blow [3] to public sector unions presented a reason to celebrate. The announcement was made just hours before DeVos alit...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 21, 2017 | News
By Tom Precious ALBANY – Preserving the status quo can create the strangest of bedfellows in Albany. Just look at the jockeying over whether New York should hold a convention to consider changes to the state Constitution. Groups that could seldom stand to be in the...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 1, 2017 | News
By Matt Glynn | Frank Lipka spent 20 years in the trucking industry with Consolidated Freightways, working on the dock. He drove a forklift and loaded cartons by hand, before getting out at age 60. “It kept me in good shape,” said Lipka, who previously...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 25, 2017 | News
Justin Murphy, @citizenmurphy A reorganization of special education in the Rochester City School District intended to restore more control to school-level administrators has been fumbled in the first few weeks of the school year — the apparent result of insufficient...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 22, 2017 | News
Justin Murphy, Late last winter, the Rochester City School District received a damning report on its special education services. Among the most glaring problems was North S.T.A.R., a small program for students returning from jail or other out-of-district placements....