A New Face and the Future of Education Principal Rashid Davis

6-Year High School Prepares Students of Color for Work in STEM

Underwritten by IBM, P-TECH focuses on giving kids the tools to succeed in the STEM industry

by Souleo

As politicians, scholars and activists debate the state of the nation’s education system there are initiatives being designed and implemented to develop the skills of students to compete within a competitive workforce. On September 8, 2011 the Department of Education, the City University of New York (CUNY) and IBM partnered to open, P-TECH an innovative New York City high school where students are educated an additional two years from grade 9 through 14. In addition to learning traditional core subjects, pupils receive education in the fields of STEM

(Science, technology engineering and mathematics), a high school diploma and an Associate’s degree in Applied Science (AAS) in Computer Systems Technology or Electromechanical Engineering Technology.

With IBM underwriting the program, students are given priority for select entry-level positions with the company. P-TECH opened with 104 first year students and will add an estimated 100 students per year, with a total projected enrollment of 400-450 students by 2014. Entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the success of the school is founding principal, Rashid Ferrod Davis, an education veteran with over 15 years of experience as a teacher, assistant principal and, most recently, the principal of the highly celebrated, Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy (BETA). BlackEnterprise.com spoke with Davis recently to address the academic and socioeconomic challenges of students, promoting entrepreneurship, and his plans for P-TECH.

Looking for a JOB? - Come to the FIRST Bronx LGBT Career Fair on May 26th

The Bronx Community Pride Center in collaboration with Bronx AIDS Services, Community Healthcare Network, The Center, Hispanic AIDS Forum, SAGE, Next Magazine and the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC) present

The First

Bronx LGBT Career Fair

Thursday, May 26

10am-2pm

Come meet with employers, learn about open positions, submit your resume and ask questions!

Click here to submit your resumé in advance to be distributed to all co-sponsors.

Click here for resumé writing and career counseling now available weekly at the Bronx Community Pride Center.

Visit the Bronx Community Pride Center online for more information.

Hostos Community College

120 Walton Avenue, Second Floor (@ 149th St., a block West of the Grand Concourse. 149th Street/Grand Concourse Stop on the 2, 4 and 5)

I LOVE NY 28 Places to Visit by THE FUTURE

1. The Two Ho’s - Soho & Noho
2. Hue-Man Bookstore – Harlem
3. Peter’s Since 1969 – Brooklyn
4. Brooklyn Museum – Brooklyn
5. Apollo Theater – Harlem
6. Times Square
7. Grand Central Terminal
8. Chez Josephine – 42nd Street Manhattan
9. Brooklyn Bridge
10. Café Condesa – West Village
11. Coney Island – Brooklyn
12. The United Nations
13. Staten Island Ferry
14. Abyssinian Baptist Church - Harlem
15. The Village
16. Pieces – Brooklyn
17. B. Café – Upper Westside
18. Century 21 – Lower Manhattan
19. The Empire State Building
20. Columbia University
21. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens
22. The Meatpacking District – Midtown
23. Wall Street
24. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
25. Yankee Stadium
26. Central Park
27. Macy’s
28. The Bronx Zoo

Special Thanks to Kenny C. Photos for sharing his images with The Future.

Please visit his site at Kennected

I LOVE NY 28 of 28 Places to Visit

The Bronx Zoo is a zoo located within the Bronx Park in the Bronx borough of New York City. The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, it comprises 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalistic habitats, through which the Bronx River flows. The Bronx Zoo is south of the New York Botanical Garden.

Fordham University owned most of the land which became the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden. Fordham sold it to the City of New York for only $1,000 under the condition that the lands be used for a zoo and garden; this was in order to create a natural buffer between the university grounds and the urban expansion that was nearing. In the 1880s, New York State set aside the land for future development as parks. In 1895, New York State chartered the New York Zoological Society (later renamed to Wildlife Conservation Society) for the purpose of founding a zoo.

The zoo (originally called the New York Zoological Park) opened its doors to the public on November 8, 1899, featuring 843 animals in 22 exhibits. The first zoo director was William Temple Hornaday. Heins & LaFarge designed the original permanent buildings as a series of Beaux-Arts pavilions grouped around the large circular sea lion pool. Many exhibits, for example World of Birds and World of Reptiles, maintain the original taxonomical arrangement, while others are arranged geographically, such as African Plains and Wild Asia.

In 2006, the Bronx Zoo is home to more than 4,000 animals, many of which are endangered or threatened species.

I LOVE NY 25 of 28 Places to Visit

Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in the New York City borough of The Bronx. It serves as the home ballpark for the New York Yankees, replacing the previous Yankee Stadium, built in 1923. The new ballpark was constructed across the street, north-northeast of the 1923 Yankee Stadium, on the former site of Macombs Dam Park. The ballpark in the Bronx opened April 2, 2009, when the Yankees hosted a workout day in front of fans from the Bronx community. The first game at the new Yankee Stadium was a preseason exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs played on April 3, 2009, which the Yankees won 7–4. The first regular season game was played on April 16, a 10–2 Yankee loss to the Cleveland Indians.

Much of the stadium incorporates design elements from the previous Yankee Stadium, paying homage to the Yankees' history. Although stadium construction began in August 2006, the project of building a new stadium for the Yankees is one that spanned many years and faced many controversies, particularly the allocation of city funds for construction instead of urban renewal projects. The stadium cost a total of 1.5 billion, making it the second most expensive stadium in the world after Wembley Stadium (1.57 billion)