Zach is the co-founder and CEO of Codecademy, the leading online education company closing the skills gap by teaching programming. Codecademy has millions of users in every country in the world. Zach was named to Inc. Magazine and Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 lists, and was voted as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2013. Codecademy was selected as a Technology Pioneer for 2014 by the World Economic Forum.
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Education Needs to Change as Fast as Technology
More Americans go to college than ever. But how many think about the return they will get from tuition payments that can easily reach $200,000? Up to half are unemployed or underemployed a year after graduation. And two-thirds say they need further training and instruction to enter the workforce. As student debt balloons, it's time for society to re-evaluate postsecondary education—and our entire system. We need to create new and innovative systems that help individuals achieve their potential. The Web is changing many important functions of modern society—how we transfer money, communicate, purchase products, and more—but has been slow to transform the critical task of educating the next generation of citizens and leaders.
