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• Ex-justice minister of France accepts honorary degree in US
• Obama's $4 billion plan to teach kids to write code, especially girls and minorities
• Former French justice minister to receive honorary degree

Ex-justice minister of France accepts honorary degree in US Posted: 30 Jan 2016 03:32 PM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — France's former justice minister has accepted an honorary doctorate degree in law and human rights from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Obama's $4 billion plan to teach kids to write code, especially girls and minorities Posted: 30 Jan 2016 08:40 AM PST On Saturday, President Obama unveiled a plan to help students learn computer science. Mr. Obama says he'll seek more than $4 billion from Congress to fund a new program called, "Computer Science For All." The plan aims to reboot computer science education in public schools to better prepare kids for a future workforce. If funding is approved, the program would offer competitive grants to states and school districts with achievable plans on how to expand access to computer science and districts would need to describe computer science education plans that can be nationally replicated.

Former French justice minister to receive honorary degree Posted: 29 Jan 2016 10:22 AM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — France's justice minister, who unexpectedly resigned this week, will receive an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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