Trump unveils STEM and coding education push, with $200M grant target from Dept. of Education; sources: tech firms including FB, Google pledge financial support
computer science education as a launching pad to a promising future Donald J. Trump / The White House : Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Education Anna Hensel / VentureBeat : Amazon, Google, and Facebook join $300 million pledge to support computer science education Ali Breland / The Hill : Amazon, Facebook part of $300 million pledge toward White House computer science initiative Sarah Thomas / Light Reading : The US Department of Education plans to invest at least $200 million … Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch : Trump wants the Department of Education to commit $200 million per year to computer science education Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Tech firms back Trump administration STEM and computer science program Bernadette Tansey / Xconomy : Trump Orders Up $200M a Year for STEM, Coding Education Ethan Baron / SiliconBeat : Google, Facebook and other tech giants to support Trump's $200 million STEM plan TWICE : Amazon, Facebook & Others In Tech To Commit $300 Million To White House's Computer Science Push Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire : White House commits $200M per year for K-12 computer science education John Battelle / NewCo Shift : Coding Isn't Part of Our Core Curriculum. But Thanks To Code.org, It May Soon Be. Tony Romm / CNBC : Sources: Trump to unveil new STEM and coding education push, with a $200M grant target from Dept. of Education, and financial commitments from major tech firms Thanks: @tonyromm