Making History, Empowering Students with Wikipedia

Students came to see the world and themselves in a new way, were moved to share their knowledge publicly, grew to be confident in themselves, and felt empowered to use their voices to raise awareness and affect change.

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Tyler Hiring up to 550 Software and IT Workers in Next 5 Years

The prospect of hiring up to 550 new workers over the next decade, including dozens of highly coveted software developers and IT specialists, isn’t keeping Tyler Technologies’ Christopher Hepburn and Robert Sansone up at nights.

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Insights from Agile Maine Day 2016

Returning for its 3rd year, Agile Maine Day is a practical Agile conference that allows participants to connect and learn from their peers and leaders in the industry.

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Visualizations of Data about Maine

Through advanced data analytics and visualization, Data USA tells stories about: places in America—towns, cities and states; occupations, from teachers to welders to web developers; industries — where they are thriving, where they are declining and their interconnectedness to each other; and education and skills, from where is the best place to live if you’re a computer science major to the key skills needed to be an accountant.

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Federal Reserve calls Portland, ME, a “thinking region”

Richard Florida: “Everyone interested in urban and regional economic development must check out this new MPI study, ”Knowledge in Cities.” Using data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Information Network database – O*NET – it identifies 11 key types of regions by the knowledge, skill, and work they do. Here are some examples of…

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