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Education

Chart: Washington state sheds jobs as tech companies lament tight talent pool in Seattle

It may be too early to call it a “double dip.” But Washington state’s job growth slowed in May, as… Read More

SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy Winslow Sargeant on H1-B visas, Startup Weekend and more

Dr. Winslow Sargeant, the chief counsel for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, is in Seattle this week to… Read More

Practical Nerd: Three ‘secrets’ of the digital classroom

If you think you understand what’s happening in digital education because you follow digital consumer or business developments, think again.… Read More

Q&A: Weather guru Cliff Mass on science, math, Carl Sagan, coastal radar … and whatever else he wants to talk about

Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, found himself in a tempest of a different… Read More

New Stanford Law building is amazing, and it comes courtesy of an ex-Microsoftie

Stanford University has minted plenty of Silicon Valley high-tech millionaires and billionaires over the years. But Microsoft money helped pay… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Our School Pages looks to transform school Web sites

Rajeev Goel was in the midst of building his new startup. But he still had time to organize his daughter’s… Read More

How to woo students to Windows PCs: Give them a free Xbox 360?

This will either be considered a stroke of marketing genius, or a blight on the educational system as we know… Read More

State university computer science faculty fear deeper cuts as pressure builds on WWU

Western Washington University’s computer science department isn’t the only one encountering the harsh realities of the state budget crisis. Eastern… Read More

Lakeside leads the charge for elite new ‘Global Online Academy’

In her role as the board chair of Lakeside School, Connie Ballmer announced that the Seattle institution is teaming up… Read More

‘Google creeps me out,’ and other comments of the week

Our stories this past week about Western Washington University’s proposal to cut its computer science department sparked one of the… Read More

Entrepreneurs: Born or made?

Can you actually teach people to be entrepreneurs? That question is open to debate. But a recent Zogby survey indicates… Read More

Pressure mounts on Western Washington University to preserve computer science department

The Washington Technology Industry Association and the Technology Alliance — two of the largest technology member organizations in the state… Read More

Computer science grads entertain juicy offers as tech hiring heats up (Video)

King 5 takes a look at the tech hiring boom in Seattle, focusing on Google’s growth plans and talking to… Read More

Western Washington Provost: Computer science department needs to step up to the future

Western Washington University Provost Catherine Riordan says she hasn’t made a final decision about the fate of the university’s computer… Read More

Western Washington University computer science department faces the ax despite tech worker shortage

Western Washington University is considering eliminating or drastically reducing its computer science department, a proposal that comes amid a growing… Read More

Video game school picks Seattle Center for new campus

With companies such as Big Fish, PopCap, Nintendo, Microsoft and Valve, Seattle is a well established center for video game development.… Read More

Bill Gates pledges $20M to support game-based learning

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $20 million to support new “game-based learning applications” in math, English and… Read More

University of Washington team wins National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Next time your business is under a cyber attack, you may want to pick up the phone and call Alexei Czeskis. Czeskis… Read More

Bill Gates: What technology (and baseball) can teach schools

The challenges facing the U.S. education system may seem intractable, at times, but schools looking for inspiration could do worse… Read More

Educational software maker Headsprout sells to DYMO/Mimio

Headsprout, a Seattle company that develops online reading programs for kids, has agreed to be sold to Cambridge, Mass.-based DYMO/Mimio.… Read More

Coolest high school ever gets $7M from aerospace companies

Seriously, why wasn’t this place around when we were in school? Aviation High School, currently based in Des Moines, Wash.,… Read More

Dancing with Drones: UW students and autonomous aircraft

As part of their Embedded Systems 472 class at the University of Washington this quarter, electrical engineering students were challenged… Read More

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