Teach Every Kid to Code – Grant
Posted on November 24th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Computer programming is an essential language, one that an Atlanta-based tech company chief believes every elementary student should get a head start on learning. And he’s launching a nationwide grant contest that would send a master coding instructor to train K-8 teachers in a high-poverty school district for up to a year.
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