Tech Tech Industry Amazon to fund computer science classes in NYC ahead of new HQ2 campus The online retail giant has also promised to support infrastructure and green space projects.

Now the company is doing some community outreach: it announced today a plan to fund computer science courses for more than 130 schools in NYC area high schools.

NEW YORK — More than 130 New York City high schools will start providing computer science courses, supported by the Amazon Future Engineer initiative. The Amazon Future Engineer is a nationwide ...

Amazon today pledged to provide introductory and advanced computer science classes in 130 high schools in New York City, home to one of its two future ...

Student demand for computer science courses is outstripping the supply of professors, creating a student divide of computing haves and have-nots.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio mandated that all public schools offer computer science class within next 10 years.

The school year is quickly approaching but learning has already begun for educators. As New York ramps up new computer science learning standards, some teachers are preparing to teach new classes ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Hot on the heels of full day pre-k for all comes CS4All -- computer science classes and coding taught in all high schools. "Just to put it in perspective, before this ...

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) will announce Wednesday a plan to require all city public schools to offer computer science within 10 years, The New York Times reported Tuesday night.

Following Amazon’s decision to set up one of its new headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, the company announced this morning a plan to fund computer science classes in more than 130 New ...

Amazon is now coming out with a plan to fund computer science courses for over 130 high schools in New York City, which is about a quarter of the total number of high schools in the city.