# An Education News Bulletin

Originally published: 2014-02-01
Canonical URL: /2014/Feb/an-education-news-bulletin/

Apparently a gang of extortionists calling themselves the "California state [Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education](http://www.bppe.ca.gov/)" are [threatening to shut down](http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/29/california-regulator-seeks-to-shut-down-learn-to-code-bootcamps/) a number of organizations that provide assistance in learning to program, including [App Academy](http://www.appacademy.io/), which I recently benefitted from attending. I could explain why the behavior of the BPPE is an outrage that must be opposed by anyone with a scrap of decency in their heart, but I'm too busy coding and counting my money.