Author: KnowledgeHippo
Today we’ll find out what happened when a school district in Brooklyn embarked on an ambitious effort to better integrate its middle schools. We’ll also hear about a ruling rejecting a city attempt to ban foie gras.It’s been five years since District 15 in Brooklyn adopted a plan to better integrate its high schools, which were then among the most homogenous in the city. I asked Troy Closson, who covers training for the Metro office, to assess how the plan worked.District 15 in Brooklyn stopped selective admissions and began giving each child a lottery number. What happened;Before the pandemic, a…
European Union regulators on Tuesday accused Microsoft of breaking antitrust rules by bundling its Teams video conferencing and collaboration software with a range of other productivity tools, giving it an unfair advantage over rivals.Regulators said Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with other established software tools in Office 365 and Microsoft 365, which includes programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, amounted to an illegal abuse of market dominance that they could not to match competing companies like Zoom and Slack. . Regulators said businesses had little choice but to get Teams if they wanted other software made by Microsoft.The charges…
A hard-won provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their family’s insurance until age 26. But after that, those without employer-based insurance face a series of complicated choices, including whether to shop the insurance exchange. Apply for Medicaid or roll the dice and go uninsured.Are you a young adult confused about navigating the exchanges used to choose plans? Have you bought a plan on an ACA exchange and found out it didn’t cover care? Did you get married or take a job just to get insurance? Decided to go without coverage?Whatever your story is, my…
While secluded, remote coastal destinations have an enduring appeal, a great beach town offers travelers top hotels, restaurants and cultural attractions, as well as the requisite sandy feet, endless waves and ocean sunsets for a great beach holiday.We went further than the Miamis and Honolulu of the world to come up with these five beach town suggestions. As always, seek site-specific travel advice and observe local customs regarding appropriate beach attire and beach behavior.TurkeyConstantinopleIstanbul has enough sights, sounds and history to fill several itineraries – ancient palaces and modern art, delicious street food and high-end restaurants, vibrant nightlife and the…
Gaining the company’s voluntary cooperation seemed more expedient.’Green light’As Mr. Cheesbrough described a long-planned email upgrade at that Feb. 9 meeting, police records say, and detectives say, he left out a fact that investigators learned only recently as evidence emerged in the hacking lawsuit: The most of the emails had been deleted just a few days earlier, in the key early days of the investigation. And Mr. Lewis was involved in that decision.In January, the company deleted about 11 million emails, according to the lawsuits.Then on February 3, Mr. Lewis sent an email giving the “green light” to delete another…
Polls, enrollment statistics, social media posts and education economists agree: We’re seeing a growing skepticism about college among many American teenagers and their parents.Whether this is a short-term trend fueled by a strong labor market with many opportunities or a long-term shift will be important for the future of the workforce. It could also shape economic mobility, inequality and other aspects of the economy in the coming years.That’s why we want to hear from people who have graduated from high school in recent years or are graduating in 2025. How are you thinking about your decision to attend college? What…
Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri temporarily blocked parts of the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan on Monday in rulings that will affect millions of federal borrowers.Borrowers enrolled in the income-based repayment program, known as SAVE, are expected to continue making payments. But those with undergraduate debt will no longer see their payments cut in half from July 1, a huge disappointment for borrowers who may be counting on that relief.Monday’s separate preliminary filings are linked to lawsuits filed this year by two Republican-led groups of states seeking to overturn the SAVE program, a centerpiece of President…
The White Clam Pizza at Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Conn., is a revelation. The crust, kissed by the intense heat of the charcoal oven, strikes a perfect balance of crisp and chewy. Topped with freshly cut mussels, garlic, oregano and a dusting of grated cheese, it’s a testament to the magic that simple, high-quality ingredients can conjure up.Sound like me? Is not. The entire paragraph, except for the pizzeria name and city, was created by GPT-4 in response to a simple prompt asking for a Pete Wells-style restaurant review.I have a few lines. I would never call…
Amy Conroy sat alone in a veterinary exam room, hands clutching a bottle of water and eyes blinking and watering. Her 16-year-old cat, Leisel, was having trouble breathing. Now, wait for an update.The door opened and Laurie Maxwell entered.Ms. Maxwell works for MedVet, a 24-hour emergency veterinary hospital in Chicago. But when she sat down across from Mrs Conroy on a Monday afternoon in May, she explained she wasn’t there for the cat. He was there for Mrs. Conroy.Ms. Maxwell is a veterinary social worker, a job in a little-known corner of the therapy world that focuses on alleviating the…
As the Croatians tell the story, the Greek hero Odysseus was shipwrecked and held captive on the Croatian island of Mljet. Visiting in May, I and six other sailors embraced the legend when our 54-foot yacht’s engine failed.”Remember, Odysseus spent seven years in Mljet,” said Ivan Ljubovic, our captain. “We can do two nights.”As things turned out, the clogged fuel filter that impeded our progress on a seven-night cruise from Split to Dubrovnik on a yacht — which the passengers helped sail — was a minor one. Although an engine, even on a sailboat, is vital for docking and keeping…