The poor kids of Silicon Valley – CNN.com

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By Sarah D. Sparks With the St. Vrain Valley schools’ rapidly increasing needs—the Longmont, Colo., district has grown by 700 to 800 students a year for the past several years, with rising poverty districtwide—one might expect Superintendent Don Haddad to
Andrew Keen says ‘nightmare’ tech revolution will hollow out middle class A new elite will make billions machines dominating the workplace, he says Traditional jobs like teachers, lawyers and doctors face being replaced By MATT CHORLEY, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE The
It’s nearly 8 p.m., and inside a state office building two dozen computer experts design and troubleshoot a system that will take and process millions of unemployment claims each year. It’s a $200 million Employment Development Department project, but with
It’s a popular sport nowadays, discussing if tech is going to kill or create jobs. The answer is simple if you ask me. If we care more about tasks than about people, then tech will replace people. If we care
by GARYPAGE on 02/26/2015 This report provides information on why it is important to California’s economy to teach about Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and computer science in California’s education systems. The information is helpful in designing pathways in areas of California where there is
Stuart M. Butler | February 23, 2015 Recently, the online education firm Coursera announced a new arrangement with Google, Instagram and other tech firms to launch what some are calling “microdegrees” – a set of online courses plus a hands-on capstone project designed in conjunction
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The former secretary of labor on the rise of “independent contractors” and the threat they pose to our labor force ROBERT REICH, ROBERTREICH.ORG GM is worth around $60 billion, and has over 200,000 employees. Its front-line workers earn from $19 to $28.50 an hour, with