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Title: Code.org Changes Mission To 'Make CS and AI a Core Part of K-12
Education'

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/04/1323...

theodp writes: Way back in 2010, Microsoft and Google teamed with nonprofit
partners to launch Computing in the Core, an advocacy coalition whose mission
was "to strengthen computing education and ensure that it is a core subject
for students in the 21st century." In 2013, Computing in the Core was merged
into Code.org, a new tech-backed-and-directed nonprofit. And in 2015,
Code.org declared 'Mission Accomplished' with the passage of the Every
Student Succeeds Act, which elevated computer science to a core academic
subject for grades K-12. Fast forward to June 2025 and Code.org has changed
its About page to reflect a new AI mission that's near-and-dear to the hearts
of Code.org's tech giant donors and tech leader Board members: "Code.org is a
nonprofit working to make computer science (CS) and artificial intelligence
(AI) a core part of K-12 education for every student." The mission change
comes as tech companies are looking to chop headcount amid the AI boom and
just weeks after tech CEOs and leaders launched a new Code.org-orchestrated
national campaign to make CS and AI a graduation requirement.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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