An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
Uncharted Territory: Inside New York City’s School Of Last Chances
At a charter high school in a high-poverty area of Brooklyn, New York, many kids don’t graduate in four years. Seeing their achievements requires looking beyond the data.
By Rebecca Klein
Howard’s students attend New Visions AIM Charter High School I, a charter high school near the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. The school was created in 2012 under a different name with different management, but with the same audacious mission: to educate the students whom other schools had failed. These are the toughest of students, the kids who have either been in jail, become homeless or live in foster care.
Some kids have experienced all three.
Students who attend AIM I are 15 to 21 years old, the oldest age that a student can attend a public school in New York, by law. Every matriculated child has been held back for at least one grade, and oftentimes has faced insurmountable obstacles in their personal lives.
Last year, with a school of about 200 students, only about 30 graduated, and many had taken more than four years. This number, while representing a huge increase from previous years, falls far short of goals set by state education leaders. While these numbers may paint a picture of failure, the reality is so much more complicated.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-visions_us_5aa2e6dae4b07047bec66970
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Great Women Who Were Overlooked
From the NY Times -
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed
Friday, March 9, 2018
He Needed a Break
An excerpt from the Verge -
Burger-flipping robot takes four-day break immediately after landing new job
Robots, they’re just like us
By James Vincent
Good news if you’re worried about a robot taking your job: it turns out even mechanical laborers need a break.
Only a single shift into its career at the CaliBurger restaurant in Pasadena, California, this week, Flippy the robot burger-flipper is going on hiatus, reports USA Today. The bot, created by startup Miso Robotics, made its debut earlier this week assisting in CaliBurger’s kitchen by flipping patties on the grill. According to reports, the robot did its job well but was such a hit with customers that Miso Robotics is giving Flippy time off over the weekend for some upgrades.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/8/17095730/robot-burger-flipping-fast-food-caliburger-miso-robotics-flippy
Burger-flipping robot takes four-day break immediately after landing new job
Robots, they’re just like us
By James Vincent
Good news if you’re worried about a robot taking your job: it turns out even mechanical laborers need a break.
Only a single shift into its career at the CaliBurger restaurant in Pasadena, California, this week, Flippy the robot burger-flipper is going on hiatus, reports USA Today. The bot, created by startup Miso Robotics, made its debut earlier this week assisting in CaliBurger’s kitchen by flipping patties on the grill. According to reports, the robot did its job well but was such a hit with customers that Miso Robotics is giving Flippy time off over the weekend for some upgrades.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/8/17095730/robot-burger-flipping-fast-food-caliburger-miso-robotics-flippy
Penguin Selfie
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/03/08/these-penguins-found-a-camera-in-antarctica-and-captured-a-surprisingly-good-selfie/?utm_term=.d059e49b7b9d
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