The first is Code/Art, a local nonprofit focused on using the arts to inspire girls throughout Miami-Dade County to learn to code. Our investment will help build the organization’s capacity and advance a train-the-trainer program to support art teachers across Miami-Dade County to deliver introductory computer science-based lessons in the classroom. Over the course of 2019, Code/Art will train 60 Miami-Dade County middle school art teachers to deliver four intro-to-coding lessons to their classes during the school year with the support of Florida International University School of Computer Science students. The program will reach 27,000 Miami-Dade County public school students, 80 percent of which will be from underserved communities.
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