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Amazon to Fund Computer Science Classes at 1,000 .S. High Schools Through Future Engineer Program
Amazon says its Future Engineer program will fund computer science classes at more than 1,000 U.S. high schools by this fall.
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Amazon’s Future Engineer program will fund computer science (CS) classes at more than 1,000 high schools in all 50 states by this fall, the company says.
The goal of the program is to eventually reach more than 10 million students with coding activities and lessons annually, and provide access to introductory or advanced CS courses to more than 100,000 students in more than 2,000 high schools.
The world’s largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform, Amazon also will grant four-year, $10,000 scholarships and paid internships to 100 students, so they can acquire work experience.
Future Engineer is part of the company’s $50-million investment in CS and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.
Said Amazon’s Jeff Wilke, "We want to ensure that every child, especially those from underprivileged communities, has an opportunity to study computer science."
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