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More than a thousand Macintosh computer screens light up 42's open work spaces where students are given assignments.

At France’s new school for coders, there’s hot tech, little teaching, no grades or tuition — and loud critics

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A founder of the school for coders says France is behind in the digital economy, so he’s out to change that with a radical approach that finds the best minds, teaches them to collaborate and let’s them loose on problems. They’ve already solved one for Apple.

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