The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions. billion in revenue last year.

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Company Survey Report Training 112

The 21st Century Principal

JANUARY 9, 2011

Consider using open source software rather than purchasing more proprietary software. Honestly, I’ve used it, and there just isn’t enough added functionality to warrant an upgrade from Office 2007. Also, our system now has access to Google Apps, which reduces the need for many other applications.

Technology 71

Technology Microsoft Edmodo Software 71

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The New York Times broke the news this week that New America ousted its Open Markets team after it praised a recent EU fine against Google : “Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant.” ” New America has received more than $21 million from Google. Facial recognition software.

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Education Khan Academy Company Libraries 97

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” Chalkbeat on vouchers in Indiana : “Choice for most: In nation’s largest voucher program, $16 million went to schools with anti-LGBT policies.” ” The Google Memo. Via The LA Times : “Former L.A. “Privileged Whites.”

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” According to the latest jobs report , unemployment in the US is at 4.6%, the lowest since 2007. Google’s Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). 3D Printing.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145