Thursday, March 22, 2018
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Mystery Solved
From CNN -
The identity of the lone woman scientist in this 1971 photo was a mystery. Then Twitter cracked the case
By David Williams
Illustrator Candace Jean Andersen was doing some research for a children's book on orcas when she stumbled into a mystery.
In an old article, she discovered a photo of scientists at the 1971 International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia. And she noticed so
The article named all the men, but the African-American woman was listed as "not identified."
"Not identified, why? Who is she? What did she contribute to the conference? What's HER story?" Andersen wondered.
She put down her picture book project and started looking.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/health/woman-scientist-1971-twitter-mystery-trnd/index.html
The identity of the lone woman scientist in this 1971 photo was a mystery. Then Twitter cracked the case
By David Williams
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| This lone woman at a 1971 gathering of scientists sparked a flurry of amateur sleuthing on Twitter. |
Illustrator Candace Jean Andersen was doing some research for a children's book on orcas when she stumbled into a mystery.
In an old article, she discovered a photo of scientists at the 1971 International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia. And she noticed so
The article named all the men, but the African-American woman was listed as "not identified."
"Not identified, why? Who is she? What did she contribute to the conference? What's HER story?" Andersen wondered.
She put down her picture book project and started looking.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/health/woman-scientist-1971-twitter-mystery-trnd/index.html
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Teacher Salaries
From NPR -
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/16/592221378/the-fight-over-teacher-salaries-a-look-at-the-numbers#nws=mcnewsletter
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/16/592221378/the-fight-over-teacher-salaries-a-look-at-the-numbers#nws=mcnewsletter
Monday, March 19, 2018
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