Sat.Dec 03, 2022

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Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. We believe that this movement can be expanded and go a long way towards increasing diversity in fields like engineering and computing.

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The Observer view on radical change being needed to overcome elitism in education | Observer editorial

The Guardian - Higher Education

In acting as a conveyor belt to the most sought-after jobs, many schools shut out more able young people Meritocracy is one of society’s most powerful myths. It is comforting to believe we live in a fair world where people are rewarded for a mixture of talent and effort. But Britain remains an elitist country in which a socially stratified education system funnels those born to privilege into the highest-status jobs, while holding back children born to parents who have never benefited from such

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As education heads back to classrooms, edtech companies show employees the door - Shohini Mitter, Business Today

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Edtech was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the pandemic-induced lockdowns, managing to grow at breakneck speed through 2020 and 2021. With schools and offline coaching centres shut due to Covid-19-related restrictions, India’s 260-million-odd student population took to online learning by the hordes. But come 2022, things would change dramatically.

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Amazon Academy: E-tailer giant to shut down online learning service in August 2023 - ARGHANSHU BOSE, TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Amazon, like several other tech companies across the world, are taking steps to be prepared for the upcoming economic downturn. As a part of this preparation, the e-tailer major has already started cutting jobs across multiple divisions and has also asked several Indian employees to resign voluntarily Now, the company has reportedly decided to shut down its Ed-tech service, Amazon Academy, in India.