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‘August surprise’: That college scholarship you earned might not count

The Hechinger Report

When she returned, she made extra cash by, among other things, working in a basic-needs center for other low-income students, who, she learned, are disproportionately subjected to so-called scholarship displacement. “We And they should make their policies around this more clear.

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Girls Who Code Founder Awarded McGraw Education Prize

Edsurge

This year, there are three prizes: for work in pre-K-12 education, higher education and a newly created prize, for learning science research. Girls Who Code 's Reshma Saujani Twitter: @reshmasaujani In 1995, women made up about 40 percent of the computing workforce. I always tell policy makers: ‘Don't take your eyes off gender.’

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

I’d hardly know where to begin in writing one, but I want to open this particular article – one that focuses, in part, on the whole “everyone should learn to code” craze – recognizing his great contribution to educational computing as well as his loss. “Everyone should learn to code.”