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Advocate Likens K-12 Education to a Broken Chair

Michael Phillips spoke last month at a TEDxWilmingtonED Conference on the topic, "When Kids Learn on Broken Chairs." He begins by talking about a literal broken chair, but later the image evolves into a metaphor for the broken K-12 public education system in the U.S. 

[TechConneXt Summit] Hackathon Recap

Part of Black Enterprise’s TechConneXt event in Silicon Valley included a hackathon. A portmanteau of “hacking” and “marathon,” hackathons are events in which computer programmers create apps over a period of 24 hours or more. Hackathons test the mettle of developers and are great ways for those studying app development in school to test their skills.

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