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

The Hechinger Report

I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ ” He took out loans, then went to graduate school to study public policy, in the meantime lobbying for California’s ban on scholarship displacement — though it is coming too late for him. And they should make their policies around this more clear.

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Girls Who Code Founder Awarded McGraw Education Prize

Edsurge

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.’ We’re on track to achieve gender parity in entry-level computer science jobs by 2027. Where are the trends headed now? And we have that.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” “Trump’s neo industrial policies won’t create these jobs,” he added. ” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. What it hasn’t delivered are many jobs.