On January 30, 2016 the White House announced the Computer Science for AllInitiative which will dedicate $4 billion in public and private funds to support Computer Science Education. The Center for STEM Education’s TRC program was honored to be acknowledged as part of President Obama’s CS for All (#CSforAll) announcement in recognition of the work the Center has been doing since 2014 related to computer science teacher professional development. The announcement listed the Center for STEM Education-TRC as partners in the 100Kin10‘s effort to increase the number of certified CS teachers. 100Kin10 has a network of over 200 partner organizations, all committed to recruiting, training, and retaining 100,000 STEM teachers, including 10,000 CS teachers, by 2021.
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