We all asked. The White House responded.
Hadi Partovi
Founder, Code.org // Angel investor: Facebook, DropBox, airbnb, Uber, etc // Boards: Axon, MNTN.
3 years ago, we launched Code.org with a video, starring people like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg inspiring students to learn to code. More than 2 million of you signed our petition to give every student in every school the opportunity to learn computer science. Hundreds of organizations and corporations came together behind this movement.
Since then we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of teachers, 100 cities and districts, 18 states, and even 7 entire nations embrace computer science in grades K-12!
Today, the White House added its support to this grassroots movement, announcing a plan to help every student in America’s public schools learn computer science, especially girls and underrepresented students of color. This is a big deal. The “Computer Science for All” initiative proposes $4 billion in funding and additional support for training teachers to bring computer science to students. Watch the president’s full remarks here.
We couldn’t be happier about the bipartisan support for computer science, and we want your help to show the local support for this movement:
Post to Twitter: 9 out of 10 parents agree, every student should have the opportunity to learn computer science #CSforAll @codeorg.
Post to Twitter: The one thing Republicans and Democrats agree on: every student should have a chance to learn to code. #CSforAll https://youtu.be/W5QGo_Yb_Pc
On a personal note, it’s been amazing and humbling to start an effort like Code.org, to watch the worldwide community of teachers, parents, and students, supported by nonprofits, corporations, and philanthropists, all uniting to change our education system. Today is a milestone for all of us in this community effort.
Thank you, thank you, for your support
Hadi Partovi
Instructional Technology Leader and Media Specialist
8 年The tide is turning! Thank you for your contribution.
Senior Foreign Attorney at Dentons Lee
8 年Hadi: Great article. I was especially interested in South Korea's response since I am living in South Korea now. South Korea has embraced advanced technology as a part of its national fabric. Technology is one of the key paths it has followed to becoming an economic powerhouse. I was not surprised to see that the South Korean government has shown a strong desire to advance CS education in its schools. What did surprise me was the statement that there are not enough qualified teachers that can teach CS in the schools. Hopefully that will be addressed in teacher education programs, both at the college level in educational degree programs as well as in supplemental training programs offered to existing teachers.
People Performance Booster,
8 年Thank you Hadi Partovi This is a great response to the need to upgrade educational content. It is interesting how this is driven, basically by the industry. I would not go as far as call it a change in education system rather than an adjustment. Can you imagine we have a lack of truck drivers and the industry demands that we transform all education into driving schools? However this is a great and well needed initiative and hopefully just an important add on to all the other important educational needs (yes there are another 90%) that a school should cover.Yes, every kid should have a chance to compete, go for it!
Resident Budget and Finance Committee at Carolina Meadows
8 年Hello Hadi Partovi How much did this cost me? In other words, how big a check did I have to write to make this so?