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School Counselors Helping More Women Go Into Computer Science: Tips and Advice to Find the Fit

The CoolCatTeacher

It would be as simple as just having more representation in the classroom that shows women that there are people who are doing this job, and they’re in this industry, and they’re just like you. It’s a magazine called “Careers With Code.” ( [link] ). I’m particularly interested in the “Careers With Code” magazine.

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Educating Kids for Life not for Tests

The CoolCatTeacher

She has a real interest in fashion, would love to be in the fashion industry. Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia. She’s in there.

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Looking Back on Build Your Business Radio

The Hechinger Report

I’ve had guests from all industries offering information and advice on marketing, taxes, legal matters, finance, technology, exporting, and more. Tim Sullivan , formerly with the SBA Office of Advocacy and the Bipartisan Policy Center, but more recently represented the U.S. Stroll down memory lane. Government officials.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” asks New York Magazine. ” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. .” (National) Education Politics. “Who Is Betsy DeVos ?”

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”

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How one Mississippi community copes with influx of Hispanic students

The Hechinger Report

The Hispanic population is booming across the South, as newcomers take jobs in the construction, farming and food processing industries. After graduation, he returned to his home country, where he worked at the Arthur Anderson consulting firm and the Firestone tire company. The company, then known as B.C.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Student could read about the actual history of MIT, if they want to think about the ethical implications of their work, and its ties to the military industrial complex. ” Via Bitcoin Magazine : “Pilot Project Verifies Academic Credentials on the Bitcoin Blockchain.” ” The company, which has raised some $107.4