Google launches ‘Made with Code’ initiative to encourage more girls to code, backed by $50m pledge

Jun19

by Sindy Cator on June 19, 2014 at 12:33 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Google has announced that it will provide up to $50 million for organizations that can help encourage more girls to take an interest in computer science at an early age. Revealed as part of its newly launched Made with Code initiative, the cash will be used for things like “rewarding teachers who support girls who take CS courses on Codecademy orKhan Academy,” Susan Wojcicki said in a blog post today. Other aspects of the Made with Code scheme – which is also backed by other organizations like Girls Inc., Girl Scouts of the USA, MIT Media Lab and the National Center for Women &…