Education

Holocaust survivors tell their stories at the School Without Walls

• May 2, 2013 Recently, I was at the School Without Walls Commencement Academy anticipating another ordinary morning. Then I learned our class would be reading the concluding chapter of Night by

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Education

How do union teachers teach about unions?

• September 7, 2015 I am a proud member of the New York State Teacher Association and the Rochester Teachers Association. In this blog, I have defended and promoted both, as well as the related

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East/Warner Sports

East’s groundskeeper/umpire Sam Kimble has a rooting interest in Team Eagle

September 8th, 2015 For the first time in his baseball and softball umpiring career, Sam Kimble will be pulling for a team. This year Sam will be cheering on all of East High as today the “Team

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Education

One Parent Resource Center at a time at Monroe

• February 13, 2013 On Friday I was at Monroe High School. The heavy snow made parking in this congested area even more snarled than usual. Kindly, the adjacent Children’s School (where I found

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East/Warner

A piece of the puzzle at East Big Picture

September 17, 2015 Last Friday afternoon, outside the Monroe Avenue Jeremiahs, contemplating ordering Catatonic vs. Wise Guy chicken wings, I encountered a procession of purple-clad young

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Education Politics

Rochester School Board candidate Liz Hallmark rightly and singularly sees substitute teachers as a rich and untapped resource

• September 8, 2015 I first met Liz Hallmark when we collaborated on a post during her time as assistant director of an RIT/Charlotte partnership. I saw Liz both successfully manage a substantial

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Education

At Young Woman’s College Prep, Brad Rosenbaum aiming to hit 1.000

• August 31, 2015 Time for the boys of summer to be the men of September again. You met Brad Rosenbaum (yes, that’s right. He was adopted into the Jewish faith) at the Sunday Pick Up softball

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Education Sports

From the Rucker League to Edison Tech. With a Ph.D. in between.

• August 18, 2015 Jason Willis’s basketball players at Edison Tech probably don’t know the full accomplishments of their assistant coach. Right now Jason is more concerned that his Inventors make

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