They came up with solutions to big New Orleans problems. Now these high schoolers will go to Aspen – By Marie Fazio (NOLA) / May 1, 2022
Bezos-funded Aspen Challenge lets students solve problems
For the last eight weeks, teams of high schoolers around New Orleans have dreamed big, working on solutions to some of the city’s most pressing issues, from mental health problems to crime and climate change.
The teams were part of the Aspen Challenge, a joint initiative from the Aspen Institute and Bezos Family Foundation that asks teenagers to design and implement solutions to the problems facing their communities. New Schools for New Orleans has partnered with the Aspen Challenge to bring the program to New Orleans this year and next.
On Thursday, groups from 18 New Orleans public schools presented their ideas to a panel of judges at Studio Be in the Bywater, detailing projects that ran the gamut – from a pothole filling robot to an accessible cookbook and a student lounge to address mental health. Each group gave a five-minute presentation about their project, then took questions from the judges.
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