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Leader Leverages Diverse Support for Building STEM Programs – Education Week Leaders To Learn From
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
Middle class will be ‘decimated’ by jobs being taken by ROBOTS, web expert warns
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
Foreign workers fill hundreds of Sacramento-area IT jobs
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
The Untapped $140 Trillion Innovation For Jobs Market
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
California ICT Pathways 2015 Update
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
How Google and Coursera may upend the traditional college degree
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
Tech Interns and the New Minimum Wage
Posted By David Michaelis in Features, Lifestyle BreakingModern — College grads joining the tech industry have the opportunity to be way ahead of the rest of the U.S. population when it comes to income. Check out the infographic below — it says that the average monthly income for a
4 Job Search Strategies That Can Backfire
If you’re looking for a new job, you’ve likely read up on how to land your next great position. But beware: Not all of tips are worth following. Here are four job search strategies that look good in print but
Robert Reich: America is winning the race to the bottom
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
