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From WXXI News By James Brown Interim New York State Education Commissioner Shannon Tahoe announced Thursday that Rochester had the biggest year-to-year increase in graduation rates among the big five school districts. These numbers are based on August 2019 graduates,...

From News10NBC By: Andrew Hyman ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — School leaders and parents in the Rochester City School District are now looking at how to build on the district's improved graduation rate. During a high school basketball game at Rochester’s School 33, parent...

From 13 WHAM News Rochester, N.Y. (13 WHAM) – The Rochester City School District is seeing signs of improvement for its graduation rates in new data released by the State Education Department. That data found an increase in the graduation rate for the 2015 cohort of...

by FOX ROCHESTER | Monday, December 9th 2019 Note: An update to information that was on the air -- the Bookfair on Monday, Dec. 9th is at Barnes & Noble Pittsford from 4 - 8 pm. Please note that location. "ROC The Future" is looking to provide custom-built...

By EVAN DAWSON & MEGAN MACK • NOV 26, 2019 ROC the Future has released its annual "State of Our Children" report card, which tracks key measures of wellbeing of children and youth in the Rochester area. This year's report identifies continued challenges, including...

WHECTV Created: November 21, 2019 02:15 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) -- ROC the Future released its "State of Our Children" report card Thursday morning. Group members say there have been gains and small changes in all areas affecting children. The focus of ROC the...

By: Velvet Spicer November 21, 2019 Graduation rates are up, parents are more engaged and supportive, third grade English Language Arts proficiency has improved and college financial aid applications are on the rise. But Rochester still lags the rest of the state and...

Rochester Barnes & Noble Locations Choose ROC the Future at The Children’s Agenda as Local Non-Profit Recipient Rochester, NY – November 4, 2019 – Barnes & Noble booksellers of the Rochester area, including those from the stores in Greece, Pittsford, and...

ROC the Future, Common Ground Health to build community playground By: Velvet Spicer October 22, 2019 KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit that works to ensure every kid and community have access to quality playspaces, has selected ROC the Future to lead a playground project...

ROC the Future Selected for Community-led Playground Project to Give Local Kids More Opportunities to Play FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 21, 2019 ROCHESTER, NEW YORK — ROC the Future, a member of the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, has been selected to lead...