The Georgia Department of Education will provide $500,000 to help 17 school districts implement middle-school computer coding programs, State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced today.
The funds based on Superintendent Woods’ recommendation, will specifically target middle schools in rural, underserved, or high-poverty school clusters. Each grant includes funding for equipment, training, curriculum, and teacher professional development.
“Georgia students need to graduate ready for 21st-century careers – we can’t be complacent and rely on the way we’ve always done things, and we can’t wait until high school to start preparing our kids,” Superintendent Woods said. “Coding and computer science is a piece of that puzzle. This funding and these new courses for middle-school computer coding are part of the broader work we’re doing at the Department to expand opportunities for students in Georgia’s public schools.”
The funds based on Superintendent Woods’ recommendation, will specifically target middle schools in rural, underserved, or high-poverty school clusters. Each grant includes funding for equipment, training, curriculum, and teacher professional development.
“Georgia students need to graduate ready for 21st-century careers – we can’t be complacent and rely on the way we’ve always done things, and we can’t wait until high school to start preparing our kids,” Superintendent Woods said. “Coding and computer science is a piece of that puzzle. This funding and these new courses for middle-school computer coding are part of the broader work we’re doing at the Department to expand opportunities for students in Georgia’s public schools.”
The awarded districts are:
- Appling County
- Atlanta Public Schools
- Ben Hill County
- Savannah-Chatham County
- Dougherty County
- Gwinnett County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Liberty County
- Muscogee County
- Griffin-Spalding County
- Taliaferro County
- Thomas County
- Warren County
- Wheeler County
- Whitfield County
