New York State Regent Adrian Hale and other educators gathered at a Teach for America summit in Rochester to discuss pressing issues in modern education. The event aimed to collect ideas and address challenges such as economic opportunities influenced by social determinants, preparing students for future careers, and new high school graduation metrics. Topics explored included education and social inequities, teacher wellbeing, and the impact of artificial intelligence.
New York State Regent Adrian Hale speaks to educators at the Teach for America summit in Rochester , Saturday, April 18, 2026.
With a goal of collecting ideas and talking about modern education problems. The meeting in Rochester brought together educators from across the state.
“We talked about things like Micron optics, all of these social determinants that are coming here to influence the economy here in Rochester, how are we preparing children to take advantage of those opportunities?” said Camille Simmons, the president of the Rochester City School District.
State Regent Adrian Hale also spoke as New York schools look toward new high school graduation metrics next year.
“We’re here today not only networking, hearing from leaders like Regent Hale or superintendent Rosser, but also attending sessions really exploring some of those topics that are really going to help every attendee with the skills and knowledge necessary to take back to their communities and lead,” said Tia Simmons, the executive director of The non-profit, Teach for America New York, hosted the inaugural summit focused on addressing education and social inequities, teacher wellbeing, and even artificial intelligence.
“I’m very grateful for Teach for America,” said Superintendent Dr. Eric Jay Rosser of the Rochester City School District. “By choosing Rochester to hold its first annual summit around education, we look forward to not only Teach for America, but all community-based organizations here in Rochester and across the state, coming together and having conversations about what we need to do as adults in influential positions to be able to guarantee that all of our children are going to find success.”
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