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Girls Who Code Founder Awarded McGraw Education Prize

Edsurge

I always tell policy makers: ‘Don't take your eyes off gender.’ We’re on track to achieve gender parity in entry-level computer science jobs by 2027. It's such an honor to be in the company of people who have made such a difference in our world by recognizing the power and the potential of our children. And we have that.

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Girls Who Code Goes to Capitol Hill: Can Congress Help Solve the Gender Gap in Tech?

Edsurge

Sharice Davids from Kansas and Rashida Tlaib from Michigan, attended the event on Capitol Hill Wednesday hosted by Girls Who Code to discuss policy solutions that could help close the gender gap in technology. Rosen and about a dozen of her female colleagues in Congress, including Reps.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

Nevertheless, computer science education, along with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) continued to be promoted this year, often framed as something students should pursue instead of “ liberal arts.” “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Children'

Hack Education

As I noted in the previous article in this series , the technology industry has continued this year to advocate for changes to both policy and curriculum to expand computer science education. Arguably this focus on CS was the one education policy pursued by Obama that Trump did not try to loudly reverse.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” This stems from a protest at the University of Connecticut. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts.

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