Verizon is now taking a stab at improving the US education system by starting up the Verizon Innovate Learning Grants program. The corporation is giving $20,000 to 80 different underserved public schools across the nation, with the combined $1.6 million potentially stimulating STEM education in the US.
Due to the demand for STEM jobs and what Verizon believes to be the educational system’s failure to prepare students to fulfill those jobs, the company is doling out its Verizon Innovate Learning grants to initiate teacher professional development and programs that teach emerging technologies, such as 3D printing, robotics, and coding.…
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