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A look at the growth and impact of Codefi's Youth Coding League, an after-school program that started in southeastern Missouri and is now offered at 60 schools in six states.
The third blog in a series that draws from our new report on tech training and employment in rural America, a project that was funded by Ascendium Education Philanthropy.
The second blog in a series that draws from our new report on tech training and employment in rural America, a project that was funded by Ascendium Education Philanthropy.
The first blog in a series that draws from our new report on tech training and employment in rural America, a project that was funded by Ascendium Education Philanthropy.
Center on Rural Innovation and Ascendium Education Group find untapped potential in rural American workforce, identify central themes about tech employment and training.
How have rural communities experienced the process of digital economic development? What challenges did they face? What types of unexpected opportunities did they encounter? And what types of economic forces impacted their efforts?
Derrick Esquibel and Jazzmin Little were part of the first rural cohort to participate in a 12-week intensive IT Support Specialist course offered free of charge through a partnership between the Center on Rural Innovation and Generation USA.
Udacity's work includes the "Future is Digital Challenge" with CORI, an initiative focused on training rural Americans interested in developing new skills to help them participate in the nation’s growing digital economy.