Actually, if my math and data entry is correct, based on the EEO-1 numbers, women's share of Microsoft's U.S. force (including all ethnicities) is still only about 24%.
Why we need $400 million to teach K-12 CS: 1. "Only 10 percent of schools teach it [CS]." 2. "No Girls, Blacks, or Hispanics Take AP Computer Science Exam in Some States." 3. "Currently, only 25 states allow computer science to count as a mathematics or science credit towards graduation."
Right, so if H-1B workers are included in the EEO-1 reports, comparing U.S. college populations to Facebook's 15%+ H-1B workforce, as FB's Sheryl Sandberg did, is kind of apples-to-oranges, no?
Will Pig Latin be a misdemeanor or felony?
EMPLOYER: "If you're qualified, then where are your digital badges?" KID: "Digital Badges? We ain't got no digital badges. We don't need no digital badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' digital badges!" EMPLOYER: "Next!"
The MacArthur Foundation, not McCormick, is the nonprofit listed on the Chicago City of Learning page, and is the foundation that teamed up with Gates and on The Badges for Lifelong Learning and Mozilla on The Badge Alliance. The Presidents of both the MacArthur and McCormick Foundations are on the Thrive Chicago Leadership Council (the McCormick Foundation is the one listed as a "contributor"). Sorry for the confusion!
Oops, confused MacArthur and McCormick foundations...sorry about that!
Two corrections needed:
1. Change "the McCormick Foundation, Gates Foundation, and Mozilla" to "the MacArthur Foundation, Gates Foundation, and Mozilla"
2. Change "Not only that, Thrive Chicago's Leadership Council includes employees of the McCormick Foundation (as well as Microsoft and IBM}, and its funders include the McCormick foundation."" to "Not only that, Thrive Chicago's Leadership Council includes the interim President of the MacArthur Foundation (as well as Microsoft and IBM employees}."
Incredibly,PLATO had gas-plasma flat-panel bitmapped touch-screen display terminals in 1972, which was still back in the days of paper tape and punch cards!
Submitter platohistory notes that this was a response to another Medium post, A Teenager's View on Social Media
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.