CSforALL Commitment

NinjaHB-UAS Joins the National Computer Science for ALL Announcement in the Sixth Year of CS Education Commitments

Together with CSforALL and 136 organizations, [Insert Your Organization Name] Announces their Commitment to Drive Action in the Computer Science Education Space. 

Memphis, TN, Thursday, October 20, 2022–As the CSforALL community advances equitable and sustainable K-12 computer science education, it also explores the ideas, policies, and events that will propel the movement forward–an exploration of game changers in CS, the theme of the 2022 CSforALL Summit. Today, the Summit announces 180 CSforALL commitments from 136 organizations made by our member community–marking growth in commitment-makers over 2021–and celebrates the forward momentum of K-12 computer science education systems in the United States. 

The sixth annual Summit highlights CSforALL members and non-members expanding upon 2021’s major themes, including increasing equity and access among underrepresented groups, building capacity, raising awareness, and cultivating robust ecosystems of support in local communities. This year’s featured speakers are Múkami Kinoti Kimotho, Founder and CEO of Chief Girl Crusader, Royelles; and Tonyaa Weathersbee, Bureau Chief of Chalkbeat Tennessee. 

Our commitment: NinjaHB-UAS LLC will partner with youth organizations in the Shenandoah Valley and Laurel Ridge Community College, to host drone workshops and hands online drone stations enabling up to 200 youth and several adults to learn the safety procedures of recreational flying, while having fun drone obstacle courses, and learning Python programming with drones through the academic year. NinjaHB-UAS LLC believes in bringing UAS opportunities to undeserved and underrepresented populations throughout the state.

#CSforALL commitments are new, specific, and measurable actions aimed at advancing the goal of rigorous and inclusive computer science education for all U.S. youth and designed to grow support and momentum for a sustainable K-12 computer science education system in and out of school. Notably, 106 organizations are prior CSforALL commitment-makers, and 25 of those have made annual commitments since 2017. Overall, the CSforALL community made an incredible 1,121 commitments between 2017 and 2022. The commitments detailed below include initiatives in all 50 states and internationally. 

Highlights CSforALL include: 

• An extraordinary total of nearly seven million beneficiaries of these 180 commitments worldwide, including students, families, educators, and school districts. 
• 84 commitments from 65 organizations, increase of 15 percent in this commitment category from 2021.
• 70 commitments from 56 organizations. 
• 19 college and university programs, 13 school districts, and five individual schools,
• 11 industry and corporate partners, impacting millions of students nationwide and globally.
• Amazon Future Engineer commits to providing free childhood to career computer science curriculum, real-world exploration experiences, career connections, and scholarships for underserved and underrepresented communities globally, serving 3,200,000 over the next year.
• CSisElementary announces the CS100 Award, offering new recognition for elementary schools nationwide that commit to teaching computer science to 100 percent of their K-5 students. Schools with approved applications will receive a CS100 Award badge and website certificate, be featured on a CS100 website, posted to a new CSK5 LinkedIn Community, and be promoted with our partners as success models for how K-5 CSforAll can be achieved.

CSforALL is the national hub of the computer science for all movement with a mission to make high-quality computer science an integral part of K-12 education in the United States. We connect providers, schools and districts, funders, and researchers working toward the goal of providing quality CS education to every child in the United States, and engage with diverse stakeholders leading computer science initiatives across the nation to support and facilitate implementation of rigorous, inclusive, and sustainable computer science. 

Computer Science is more than just programing and these inclusive and creative commitments show that industry wants everyone to understand that.