US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants every student in America to learn Computer Science before they graduate from high school. The Democrat unveiled her education platform that would put focus on investing in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in K-12 schools should she become the next president of the United States.
On Tuesday, June 28, Hillary Clinton's camp released the factsheet for her Initiative on Technology & Innovation. It underscores the following points regarding STEM education in K-12 schools:
- Hillary Clinton's education plan will compound and supplement the current administration's initiative to provide computer science education for all students. She plans on increasing the government's budget for this to $120 million. The money will be used to improve instruction and lessons.
- Hillary Clinton plans to have more computer science teachers hired and trained. The target is to increase the teaching staff to 50,000 competent individuals in the next 10 years. Clinton's administration will also seek to support computer science teachers through federal grants and programs with private partners for $10 billion.
- Hillary Clinton will support changes in STEM education in high schools so that subjects will better prepare the children for higher education. She cites Denver's School of Science, Philadelphia's Technology and the Science Leadership Academy and Cleveland's Metropolitan School District as prime examples of high schools with improved STEM systems, per Ed Surge.
.@HillaryClinton wants an economy that works for everyone- and that means more STEM education in NH. Read more: https://t.co/rdSOsAnvUx
— Hillary for NH (@HillaryforNH) June 29, 2016
Education Week reports that Hillary Clinton's education platform for STEM and computer science will still have to get Congress approval when she does get the seat. It's still unclear if these plans will be laid out, pending Congress' decisions. But the presidential candidate could be right on the ball as it has been projected that by 2020, jobs in relation to computer science will increase by 1.4 million and there are not enough learned individuals to meet this demand just yet, per Silicon Republic.
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