The Center for Urban Education Success supports the success of K-12 urban schools in Rochester and beyond.

Rochester, NY
Joined March 2017
The curriculum is our moral contract with our community: As social-justice movements increase across the country, local school leaders have recognized the necessity to engage students in rich learning experiences about Rochester’s history. @UR_WarnerSchool warner.rochester.edu/newseve…
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Thank you, Rochester, for showing up and caring for our youth.
Tuesday night was ELECTRIC! Over 200 attendees for @RightToReadFilm documentary & panel discussion. 📚Insights from the experts reminded us: literacy isn't a one-size-fits-all issue. Let's keep this crucial conversation going! 🔥 #LiteracyCrisis #EducationMatters
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Interconnectedness of policy + parents + funding + high-quality teacher training + evidence-based curriculum and instruction + coaching for quality implementation + a community-wide culture of literacy is what it will take to lead to the change we need.
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East HS Tonight: Get valuable insights on strengthening reading at home and in the classroom from a film + panel of educators & community members, incl. our own Dept. Superintendent Demario Strickland. Attend the free event sponsored by @URCUES: urwarner.co/44DLbII – at New York, USA
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#ROC families: Do you want to become a literacy advocate for Rochester students❓ Get valuable insights on strengthening reading at home and in the classroom from a panel of educators & community members. ✨Attend the free event sponsored by @URCUES: urwarner.co/44DLbII
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Reserve your seat at the Aug. 22 event + view the trailer ➡️ urwarner.co/44DLbII. @URCUES
#DidYouknow only one-third of fourth-grade students nationwide read at proficient levels in 2022? Advocates argue that literacy is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time.
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This is where you MUST be
Take the first step toward improving literacy. Attend a film showing & discussion of The @RightToReadFilm at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22 at @EastEpo:  urwarner.co/44DLbI The event is sponsored by @URCUES.
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#DidYouknow only one-third of fourth-grade students nationwide read at proficient levels in 2022? Advocates argue that literacy is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time.
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I love this! At @avenueblackbox we have a really dope literacy focus using theatre, storytellers and community story time events with a culturally relevant library and book giveaways. Let’s collab!
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Join @DrNelms, professor & the William & Sheila Konar Director of @URCUES at the Warner School, for the release and signing of his new book "Leading with Purpose." The event will take place 12-3 p.m. on July 8 at Flight West Winery & Whiskey Bar on 836 Long Pond Road in Greece.
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Class of 2023, you did it! 👏 #UR2023 #Meliora
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Transforming schools was the topic of the Warner School’s @URCUES panel discussion at @EastEpo. The state and national educational leaders say some policy changes are necessary to improve underperforming schools and schools in underserved communities. whec.com/top-news/panel-disc…
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Rochester! Join us for this special event on Jan 25 hosted by @URCUES at @EastEPO, which features a panel moderated by @DrNelms of statewide & nat'l edu leaders, including @_DiaBryant! Panelists will discuss what it takes to transform #K12 schools. RSVP: loom.ly/SU7dRhc
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An amazing Damar Hamlin update. ❤️💙
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The team at @DiscoveryEd curated a series of videos featuring prominent leaders discussing equity-focused leadership in their districts. I joined the discussion, on April 30, 2020. @URCUES discoveryeducation.com/info/…
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The past three school years have been exceptionally challenging for New York students and parents — with the ongoing effects of the pandemic, ever-evolving adjustments to teaching, and the continued national reckoning with the impact of systemic racism. @DrNelms @EdTrustNY
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Associate Professor Jeffrey Choppin helps graduate students in the mathematics education program to approach the teaching and learning of mathematics in a way that makes it accessible to all students and leads to lifelong learning: urwarner.co/3AkMz5Y
You’re invited! We hope you can join us for a day of leaning and action on ⁦@CityRochesterNY⁩ urban tree plan! We will hear from students at ⁦@EastEpo⁩, ⁦@CitizenMurphy⁩, and councilman ⁦@mitchgruber⁩ Come learn how you and your class can #GetRocTrees!
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Dr. Valerie Marsh and I speak about how my fellow superintendents and others have collaborated to make culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogy a reality in the Rochester, NY region. @URCUES steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocent…
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