Celebrating Computer Science Education Week, Kids Code at the White House

President Barack Obama is welcoming approximately 30 middle-school-aged students from Newark (NJ) and Brooklyn (NY) to roll up their sleeves, get online together, and participate in an “Hour of Code” at the White House.

The Obama Administration also announced more progress in their efforts to give millions of students access to computer science education, which include:

• Commitments by more than 60 school districts, including the seven largest school districts in the country, to offer computer science courses
• Over $20 million in philanthropic contributions to train 10,000 teachers by Fall 2015 and 25,000 teachers
• New partnerships by the National Science Foundation (NSF) including a new Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science course
• New steps to increase the participation of women and under-represented minorities in computer science.