Leone has a hobbyist's knife - making setup in his Brooklyn backyard, and is
particularly excited about the prospect of taking his
operation to the next level — he's been purchasing old blades and fine - tuning them by hand, but has yet to forge his own knives because the equipment is large and
expensive.
Backers of these reforms are
particularly enamored of a new type of charter school represented by the Rocketship chain of schools — a low - budget
operation that relies on young and inexperienced teachers rather than more veteran and
expensive faculty, that reduces the curriculum to a near - exclusive focus on reading and math, and that replaces teachers with online learning and digital applications for a significant portion of the day.