Can Codecademy Teach Poor Black & Brown Kids to Code?
By Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 18, 2012 8:02 PM / 19 Comments
Unemployment among youth of color is widespread & complex; can a tech education startup change things?
The White House announced new participation in a jobs initiative yesterday from fast-growing technical education website Codecademy, as well as some venerable social justice oriented organizations Level Playing Field Institute and College Bound Brotherhood, a group dedicated to increasing the number of young African American men prepared for college. Called Summer Jobs +, the program aims to get young poor and marginalized people into
