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Digital Fluency for a Resilient Economy
April 21, 2020
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has starkly illuminated fissures in our public systems, including the postsecondary and workforce systems. A common vein throughout is the impact of job loss and fundamental changes to the way Americans work....
Spreading the Word: Do You Know a Girl Who Wants to Code?
February 10, 2020
Many rising high school juniors and seniors across the nation from New York to Los Angeles are gearing up for the 2020 Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program (SIP), a free, seven-week introductory course for girls of all backgrounds to learn computer science skills among...
Mentorship and Diversity in Tech
January 30, 2020
January is National Mentorship Month and a perfect time to highlight the importance of mentorship to creating a more diverse tech workforce, which is a Software.org priority....
Empowering the Workforce with Computer Science Education
December 12, 2019
Computer Science Education Week is one of our favorite events of the year. This week, schools, businesses, and community organizations have been coming together to inspire students to learn more about what software can do....
Privacy Shield: What It Is and Why You Should Care
November 14, 2019
In a new paper, Software.org: the BSA Foundation provides an overview of the US-EU Privacy Shield, a framework that ensures data is treated properly and securely under both US and EU privacy laws, enabling the cross-border data flows that provide the provide the foundation for...
Software: Growing US Jobs and the GDP
September 19, 2019
New report finds software jobs growing twice as fast as US jobs overall; industry supports one in every 10 jobs nationwide....
Inspiring the Next Generation of Coders With Girls Who Code
August 13, 2019
Software.org’s Girls Who Code class graduated last Thursday, celebrating the skills they gained over the past seven weeks in the Summer Immersion Program....
Lighting Up Our Energy Sector With Software
July 01, 2019
In a new report, Software.org explores how software expands our opportunities to generate cleaner and greener renewable energy and how to overcome the barriers that could stifle these advances....
Please Welcome Our Girls Who Code Class of 2019
June 24, 2019
Today, Software.org kicks off its annual Girls Who Code summer immersion program....
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