The State Education Department says significantly more students in Grades 3-8 are scoring “proficient” in the English Language Arts and Math tests. Fewer than a third scored “proficient” in the standard Common Core English exams last year. Now it’s nearly 38 percent, up by 6.6 points. The math test scores were up a point, from […]
SUNY Geneseo is partnering with Rochester City School #19 in an improvement plan that would see the college’s professors working with teachers and college students working directly with students. City School Board President Van White says this isn’t a complete takeover, the way East High School is now being run by the University of Rochester. […]
The new superintendent of the Rochester City Schools has a familiar face. She’s former Greece Central superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams…named this afternoon after a special meeting of the Rochester Board of Education. Deane-Williams says her immediate priorities are making sure city schools are ready to hit the ground running in the fall…and then what she calls […]