Tech industry titans urge US to better fund science ed


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 27 Apr 2016

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SAN FRANCISCO: Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg were among tech titans who joined school officials, non-profits and state leaders to urge the US government to better back teaching computer science. 

The heads of Amazon, Apple and Facebook were among powerhouse names on an open letter as well as a petition online at change.org calling for the US to become a leader in computer science education in public schools. 

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