Numbers of Women in Science and Technology Fields Alarmingly Low in Leading Economies

Numbers of Women in Science and Technology Fields Alarmingly Low in Leading Economies

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In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that numbers of women in the science, technology and innovation fields are alarmingly low in the world’s leading economies, and are actually on the decline [...]

Fostering Tech Talent in Schools

Fostering Tech Talent in Schools

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In almost every state, computer science is taught as an elective, rather than a core requirement. Leandre Nsabi, a senior at Rainier Beach High School here, received some bluntly practical advice from an instructor recently. [...]

Starving the Future

Starving the Future

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America is in trouble. Emerging economic powers China and India are heavily investing in educating the world’s future workers while we squabble about punishing teachers and coddling children. This week, the Center for American Progress [...]

What Higher Education Will Look Like In 2020

What Higher Education Will Look Like In 2020

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Is the era of the ivy-walled college coming to an end? How much will technology reshape what we think of as the college experience? See what the experts had to say. Higher education is rapidly [...]

What Will The Ed Tech Revolution Look Like?

What Will The Ed Tech Revolution Look Like?

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Predictions for how the next 15 years are going to change how children learn, at school and at home. During the past 40 years, accounting for inflation, we have nearly tripled the amount of money [...]

Hummingbird: An Educational Robotics Kit Designed To Get Girls Into Engineering

Hummingbird: An Educational Robotics Kit Designed To Get Girls Into Engineering

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Helps teach and inspire anyone who didn’t think they wanted to make robots or learn about programming Though it turns out the kit–which shows that engineering can be a creative and artistic endeavor–helps teach and [...]