The US president, Donald Trump, has signed a memorandum directing the Department of Education to make science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education a priority, and allocate at least $200 millionm in annual grant funding to it. The memo also indicated Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos should take STEM education into account when awarding grants, creating an incentive for schools to teach computer science. Hadi Partovi, the CEO of non-profit Code.org, said the policy would benefit US children "that feel most targeted by some of the things that you may disagree with from this administration".
The US president, Donald Trump, has signed a memorandum directing the Department of Education to make science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education a priority, and allocate at least $200m in annual grant funding to it. The memo also indicated Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos should take STEM education into account when awarding grants, creating an incentive for schools to teach computer science. Hadi Partovi, the CEO of non-profit Code.org, said the policy would benefit US children "that feel most targeted by some of the things that you may disagree with from this administration".