Atwater Louise: Thanks for the feedback. I think the charter school idea is wonderful. Perhaps it's more workable than it now seems. Having worked in impoverished communities most of my life, I know that the parents are, for the most part, …

I don't think that delving into economic theories on poverty versus wealth is really helpful. The issue is that the state is saying that the graduation rate for Buffalo Schools is 46% and the district is saying that the real rate is 65%. In eithe…

Based on what I see, read, and hear, this is not just a bookkeeping issue. This is all about children who are failing! To suggest that Hispanic children are to blame for the district's bookkeeping problems is absurd and possibly racist. Why in …

Two points: - I agree that the census stats can often be mangled and misquoted, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes intentionally, to make a story "sexier" or the gossip juicier. I do know that things are bad in Buffalo, but are not beyond sa…