Tag: Education
Amazon funding computer science courses to over 1,000 underprivileged high schools across the U.S.
Amazon is working to inspire and educate 10 million children and young adults each year from underprivileged, underrepresented, and underserved communities to pursue careers in the field of computer science and coding – part of the tech giant’s $50 million investment in computer science and STEM education
Teacher faces life in prison after being charged with luring 11-year-old girl online for sex
The exchange of more than 1600 messages contained sexually explicit images and messages sent by the teacher to the child, including naked pictures of him, requests for her to send him pornographic images of herself, and discussions about meeting her to have sex.
NASA renames critical software facility in honor of ‘Hidden Figures’ Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson died on February 24, 2020. The pioneering NASA mathematician passed away at the tender age of 101.
The NASA facility named in honor of the esteemed NASA mathematician contributes to the safety and success of NASA’s highest-profile missions by assuring that mission software performs correctly.
Volunteer coach for high school hockey club arrested on child porn charges
Cops found several hard drives that had numerous images of child pornography including short videos of children engaging in sexual acts, plus images showing teenage boys in a locker room in various stages of undress.
Irate dad arrested and charged after slapping 12-year-old boy that bullied his step-daughter
The bully may have had it coming, but adults can’t go around slapping 12-year-old boys in the face
Orioles’ 2019 Spring Training Opening Day vs. Minnesota Twins, February 23 in Sarasota
On February 15, the Baltimore Orioles announced plans for Opening Day of the 2019 Spring Training season on Saturday, February 23, when the Birds host the Minnesota Twins at 1:05 […]
‘Mission complete’ as NASA loses communication with Mars Rover after 15 years
Launched into space back in 2004, NASA’s Opportunity Rover was only designed to function for about 90 days. Instead, the exploratory robot roamed the Red Planet for more than 15 […]
School nurse charged with 19 counts of various sex crimes involving four high school students
Detectives say that the suspect was employed as the school nurse at Crisfield High School & Academy in Crisfield, MD, at the time of the alleged incidents.
Safer Internet Day 2019: Raising digital safety awareness for users of all ages
… worldwide initiative educates people about issues from cyberbullying and social networking to the risks associated with using digital devices and how to stay safe when browsing the Internet, not just in February, but every day.
Amazon Future Engineer: Program funding Computer Science courses in over 130 New York City High Schools
… making computer science education accessible to children in under-served communities … Labor Statistics projects that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available but only 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to apply for those jobs.
