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" I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical. "

Megan Smith

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" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "

" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "

" People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down. "

" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "

" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "

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" For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back. "

" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "

" The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. "

" Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry. "

" There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program. "

" It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born. "

" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "

" The American government will be whatever we all make of it. "

" Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable. "

" The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking. "

" We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. "

" We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys. "

" To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people. "

" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "

" The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising. "

" I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more. "

" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "

" Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science. "

" We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream. "

" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "

" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "

" Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time. "

" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "