December 11, 2016 at 08:36PM December 11, 2016 at 08:36PM

What happened to Obama’s $4 billion in computer science funding? Back in January, President Obama asked Congress to set aside $4 billion for computer science education, in what would have been the federal government’s largest targeted funding for promoting the subject in schools. The proposal seemed designed to generate more headlines than actual funding — and now, nearly a year down the road, that largely seems to be what’s happened. In a release on Monday highlighting what the administration’s “Computer Science for All” initiative has accomplished this year, the White House presented a long list of actions taken by states, cities, businesses, and nonprofits. In fact, few of those achievements stemmed from the federal government’s direct involvement. Congress never set aside the requested $4 billion,... Continue reading…