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How 60 Minutes Oversimplified the Gender Gap and Overlooked Women in Tech

Edsurge

One of the things that sets Girls Who Code apart is it believes in single-sex education, which has been found to give girls more opportunities to speak up in class and more confidence to pursue STEM subjects. The girls can learn and fail together, and support each other along the way. It’s more complicated than that.”.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

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.” Despite all the investment and marketing surrounding CS and STEM education, the results – enrollments and graduation rates – have been mixed at best.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” This stems from a protest at the University of Connecticut. “​Chromageddon Comedown: Educators Are Wary,” says Edsurge , “After Thousands of Google Devices Fail.” “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts. ” The Business of Student Loans. .” ” Yay.

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