Code.org is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented minorities. Their free online curriculum and lessons help teach students coding and computer science fundamentals.
Code.org is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to expanding access to computer science education in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented minorities. It was founded in 2013 by Hadi Partovi and his twin brother Ali Partovi.
Code.org offers free online curriculum and lessons for students of all ages to learn computer science and coding fundamentals. The curriculum is aligned with various computer science standards and mainly utilizes a visual block-based programming language to teach coding concepts before transitioning students to text-based languages like JavaScript and Python.
A signature program offered by Code.org is the annual Hour of Code campaign, which encourages schools and other organizations around the world to hold one-hour coding tutorials to expose students to computer science. To date, over 70 million students worldwide have participated in Hour of Code.
In addition to its free coding curriculum and Hour of Code initiative, Code.org advocates for policies to expand access and participation in computer science education, especially for women and underrepresented minorities. The nonprofit also works closely with over 180 of the top school districts in the U.S. to provide training and curriculum resources for teachers to enable more schools to offer quality computer science classes.
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