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By Dan Roberts, Lead Instructor, Interim Director of Education In a previous post we discussed the problem of teaching inheritance in object-oriented programming. Ada’s curriculum relies heavily on inheritance, so we asked three questions: What about teaching inheritance is hard? How is inheritance used in…

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By: Gabriela Pinto (she/her), Program Manager – Philanthropy & Communications  I am excited to join the Ada family as our newest Program Manager of Philanthropy and Communications!  Working closely with our Director of Strategic Partnerships and Development, Alexandra, I look forward to strengthening community support…

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We get lots of questions from alums and donors about how the Ada Loan Fund works.  We know it’s a bit confusing so we wanted to put together the following guide to bring clarity.  Access to low-cost, unsecured loans is hard for many students, so…

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By Jared Maddox (he/him), Instructor  Hi! I’m Jared Maddox, my pronouns are he/him and I’m very excited to join as an Instructor here at Ada! Before graduating from The University of Texas I got to join part-time staff at Lanier High School as a Tutor….

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By Becca Elenzil (she/her), Instructor  Greetings! I’m Becca and I’m super excited to join Ada as a classroom instructor. I’ve worked as a middle and high school math and computer science teacher for the last five years, most recently at the Bush School in Seattle….

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