by Matt Lavonas | Sep 20, 2017 | News
By Bill Cala (Bill Cala is former superintendent of the Fairport school district and served as interim superintendent of the Rochester district.) Regarding CITY’s September 30 article on activists’ push for more minority teachers: I strongly support concerned...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 18, 2017 | News
Justin Murphy and Erica Bryant, Geanna Mohamed knows what her autistic daughter needs, but she can’t find a place that will help her. Everything Leilani Mohamed says, her mother writes down in the margins of a notebook. “I’m OK.” “Watch...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 17, 2017 | News
ALBANY — The state Board of Regents approved a number of changes to the state’s teacher certification process Tuesday, as educators and advocates statewide debate how to get more people into the teaching field while still ensuring candidates are well-trained and...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 15, 2017 | News
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says the revised Common Core curriculum standards will now be known as the “Next Generation Learning Standards.” (Associated Press) By Diane C. Lore STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s official: New York...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 8, 2017 | News
by Justin Murphy, Most school districts in Monroe County are starting class the Tuesday or Wednesday after Labor Day. Here are some of the prominent changes this year in Monroe County schools. Capital projects In Rush-Henrietta, nearly every student will see something...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 5, 2017 | News
Virginia Escobar-Cheng teaches a science class at a high school in Homestead, Florida, in March. By Caitlin Ostroff, CNN (CNN)Lynn Sorrells started teaching 26 years ago because she loved seeing the light-bulb moment when a kid grasped a new concept. She still does....
