Technology & Opportunity

In the run-up to our call-in show for next week, we're looking for alternatives to schools as the solution for breaking the cycle of poverty for…

We've talked about the digital divide here before at the Technology and Opportunity desk, but usually in terms of class and race.But what barriers to…

Researchers are finding that poor and working class communities are often the test spaces for new surveillance technologies.State of Opportunity intern…

Of all the portmanteaus to emerge from our Internet age, "Instafamous" is probably the easiest to parse.Photo-sharing service "Instagram" plus "famous"…

Gov. Rick Snyder hopes a new focus on promoting apprenticeships for young people will solve two of the state's problems. The first is a lack of…

When the middle school closes in Stockbridge, Michigan, the district wants one thing to stay constant amongst all the changes to come. The school…

Two related blog posts on technology and opportunity worth highlighting this week come from Tess Rinearson, a software engineer for the blogging platform…

It was only a matter of time before the cable and phone companies triumphed over net neutrality.What's that? Net neutrality is one of the most fundamental…

Popular culture has a lot to say about the future and technology.There are dire warnings like in Minority Report and Surrogates. There are ecological…

The ability to control technology is certainly a marketable skill in this economy. It’s also a literacy, making kids more conscious consumers of the world…