MADELINE STONE A recent study by real-estate brokerage Redfin showed that more people are looking to move out of the Bay Area than ever before. Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said that tech workers and their high salaries could be responsible for making Silicon Valley

Tad Milbourn (@tadmilbourn) Contract work is becoming the new normal. Consider Uber: The ride-sharing startup has 160,000 contractors, but just 2,000 employees. That’s an astonishing ratio of 80 to 1. And when it comes to a focus on contract labor, Uber isn’t

By Rebecca Smith Many companies that are part of the on-demand economy have adopted business models that unfairly pass the costs of doing business onto its workers. It’s graduation season. Time for lofty speeches about the bright future, punctuated with thanks

by Sean Gallagher (@HiEdStrat) According to the Labor Department, the U.S. economy is in its strongest stretch in corporate hiring since 1997. Given the rapidly escalating competition for talent, it is important for employers, job seekers, and policy leaders to understand the dynamics

SO YOU’RE A parent, thinking about sending your 7-year-old to this rogue startup of a school you heard about from your friend’s neighbor’s sister. It’s prospective parent information day, and you make the trek to San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood.

SAN FRANCISCO — The day before Apple kicked off its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the company hosted a special orientation session for the recipients of its WWDC Scholarship Program — with a special surprise guest, CEO Tim Cook. Historically, Apple has offered WWDC

by Thomas Mulier and Andrew Roberts Johann Rupert, the South African who has made billions peddling Cartier jewelry and Chloe fashion, said tension between the rich and poor is set to escalate as robots and artificial intelligence fuel mass unemployment. “We cannot have

Source: ComputerScienceZone.org Which IT Job Is the Best? All computer science jobs are not created equal. That degree might qualify you for a number of different jobs in technology. But how do you know which one is the best for

By Shaina Cavazos @ShainaRC scavazos@chalkbeat.org College Board and Project Lead The Way team up to blend courses for college or careers Should top students who are interested in both career technology fields, like engineering, and advanced academic courses, like physics, have