Amazon's new goal: Teach 10 million kids a year to code
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November 2, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon wants to get more kids thinking about becoming computer engineers.
The company launched a program Thursday that aims to teach more than 10 million students a year how to code. Amazon said it will pay for summer camps, teacher training and other initiatives to benefit kids and young adults from low-income families who might not have learned to code otherwise. It hopes the programs spur more black, Hispanic and female students to study computer science.
Amazon declined to put a price tag on the program, called Amazon Future Engineer, but said it will take up a big chunk of...
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