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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Meet Code.org’s president; The true story of a NASA scientist’s espionage; and more

Code.org has quickly become a name known around the world. The nonprofit’s goal is to make sure every student across… Read More

Amazon consumer chief announces $10M donation to Code.org, says STEM education is a key factor in HQ2 search

Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Jeff Wilke stressed the importance of computer science education in public schools at the GeekWire Summit… Read More

White House commits $200M per year for K-12 computer science education

Today, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing Education Secretary Betsy Devos to improve K-12 computer science education. The memo… Read More

Women and minorities shatter records as thousands take AP computer science exam

Diversity is not one of the tech industry’s strongest suits, but Seattle-based Code.org sees hints this could change in coming… Read More

Code.org gears up to get 30,000 students psyched up about computer science

Code.org is giving low-income students a chance to learn how to code through a free course called “Computer Science Discoveries.”… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Code.org seeks software engineer to work on computer science education platform

Code.org is a different kind of tech workplace. This nonprofit was founded by twin brothers and tech entrepreneurs Hadi Partovi and Ali… Read More

Washington Gov. Inslee pushes for broad adoption of new computer science education standards

TUMWATER, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee wants 50 percent of Washington’s schools to meet new computer education standards by early… Read More

Code.org teams with star athletes like Kobe, Neymar and Serena Williams to promote computer science education

  Some of the world’s most famous sports stars are putting their support behind computer science education. Top athletes like Kobe… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Computer Science Education Week; Seattle’s new aerospace accelerator; and more

Computer Science Education week is just around the corner, taking place from Dec. 5 -11. This annual event is a… Read More

What do kids really need to know about computer science? New roadmap wins widespread support

K-12 educators in the U.S. are struggling. Like everyone else, they know that computer technology is a well-paying, in-demand field… Read More

Facebook pledges $15M to Code.org to promote diversity in K-12 computer science education

Code.org, a Seattle-based non-profit that promotes computer science education around the world, secured a $15 million donation from Facebook, to be… Read More

Rajeev Singh

Tech Moves: Rajeev Singh joins board at startup Amperity; Kelly Smith returning to Seattle for new Starbucks role; and more

— Amperity, the marketing technology startup that raised $9 million from a who’s who of angel and venture investors in… Read More

Code.org lands $23M as U.S. business leaders implore Congress to fund computer science education

Code.org, the non-profit that promotes computer science education around the world, has secured $23 million in donations from Microsoft, Infosys, Google, Mark… Read More

Facebook, Amazon, Code.org, Google, Microsoft and others create coalition to lobby for K-12 computer science funding

Big names in the tech world are partnering with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to launch the Computer Science Education Coalition, which aims… Read More

President Obama signs law that designates computer science as part of a ‘well-rounded education’

View image | gettyimages.com Computer science education supporters have spent six years working to get two simple words included in… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hour of Code 2015, New Tech Eastside, and more

Computer science education week, an annual program designed to inspire kids to code, kicks off globally Dec. 7. As part of… Read More

Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming

Microsoft wants to turn kids’ love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced… Read More

Computer science education bill gets Wash. governor’s signature, establishes funding and standards for teaching programming

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1813 into law today. The law establishes K–12 education standards for computer science courses, in… Read More

Code.org inks 11 new partnerships to help expand computer science education

Code.org is getting some help with its mission to put computer science in every U.S. school. The Seattle-based non-profit today… Read More

Code.org partners with College Board to get computer science into more high schools

Code.org wants more high schools to offer computer science courses, and now it’s getting help from the College Board to… Read More

Dozens of tech, education & nonprofit execs urge passage of Washington computer science bill

[Updated 10:45am to reflect additional signatories] In a strongly worded appeal, five dozen business and education leaders — including those from… Read More

Code.org takes sides on dueling bills promoting computer science in Washington State

When it comes to legislation encouraging the teaching of computer science in Washington State schools, Code.org’s advice might be: Choose wisely. Two… Read More

1M girls and 1M African-American and Hispanic students learn to code!

Code.org has reached a major milestone: The organization happily reports that a million girls and a million African-American and Hispanic students… Read More

America’s Coder in Chief: Barack Obama writes first line of code in Hour of Code challenge

President Barack Obama is the latest newsmaker to join the challenge to learn to code. The “Coder in Chief” sat down with… Read More

Apple jumps on Hour of Code bandwagon with free workshops in retail stores

Apple will take part in Code.org’s Hour of Code effort next week by hosting free workshops at its retail stores… Read More

Let it code! Disney’s ‘Frozen’ teams with Code.org to inspire young programmers

There are a lot of coding tutorials out there. But only one that will have kids belting out “Let it… Read More

How one determined mom got kids in her small community to code

Most of us in the technology industry are aware of a problem that’s currently plaguing the youth of America: Computer… Read More

Code.org partners with Google, Microsoft to help 100M students learn computer science

Code.org wants 100 million students to learn the basics of computer science. The Seattle-based organization today launched a crowdfunding campaign… Read More

News Brief

Kindergarten coders: Code.org launches open source Code Studio to boost kids’ learning of computer science

Code.org announced the launch of its new Code Studio today – an open source product designed to make it easy… Read More

Analysis: The exploding demand for computer science education, and why America needs to keep up

The chart above tells quite a story. That blue line — the one that looks like a hockey stick — shows how interest in… Read More

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