{"id":95785,"date":"2021-09-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-microsoft-expands-computer-science-education-program-to-juarez-mexico-and-expands-reach-across-18-u-s-cities-to-improve-high-school-students-access-and-equity\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:10:14","slug":"microsoft-expande-el-programa-de-educacion-en-ciencias-computacionales-a-juarez-mexico-y-amplia-su-alcance-en-18-ciudades-de-estados-unidos-para-mejorar-el-acceso-y-la-equidad-de-los-estudiantes-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/microsoft-expande-el-programa-de-educacion-en-ciencias-computacionales-a-juarez-mexico-y-amplia-su-alcance-en-18-ciudades-de-estados-unidos-para-mejorar-el-acceso-y-la-equidad-de-los-estudiantes-de\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft expands computer science education program to Juarez, Mexico, and expands reach across 18 U.S. cities to improve high school students&#8217; access and equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">JUAREZ, Mexico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 13, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Today, Microsoft Corp. joined <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=1478820909&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ffechac.org.mx%2F&amp;a=FECHAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">FECHAC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=1791609296&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.funax.org%2Ffs%2F&amp;a=FUNAX%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">FUNAX,<\/a>\u00a0and community and government leaders to announce the expansion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=102385410&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fteals&amp;a=Technology+Education+and+Literacy+in+Schools+(TEALS)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS)<\/a>\u00a0program to four high schools in <span class=\"xn-location\">Ciudad Juarez, Mexico<\/span>, and 252 U.S. high schools across six net new cities and expanded reach in 12 cities. This is the largest program expansion into new cities and regions since TEALS was founded 12 years ago in 2009, and it&#8217;s also the first time the current English language curriculum will be translated into Spanish through partnerships with curriculum providers such as <span class=\"xn-org\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg6acbleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg6acbleft\" title=\"Conalep III in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is participating in the Microsoft TEALS computer science education program this 2021-22 school year. Principal Alma Rosa Cital stands with high school students Roberto Delgado Mu\u00f1oz, Daisy Aguilera Suarez and Alexis Garc\u00eda Amador.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1623770\/Microsoft_TEALS_Juarez_Mexico_Sept_2021.jpg\" alt=\"Conalep III in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is participating in the Microsoft TEALS computer science education program this 2021-22 school year. Principal Alma Rosa Cital stands with high school students Roberto Delgado Mu\u00f1oz, Daisy Aguilera Suarez and Alexis Garc\u00eda Amador.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Starting this 2021-2022 school year, TEALS, a Microsoft Philanthropies program that helps high schools develop and grow inclusive and sustainable computer science programs, will operate in four <span class=\"xn-location\">Ciudad Juarez<\/span> high schools and reach approximately 160 students. Over the next five years, the program will expand to 12 additional high schools with 480 students, 12 teachers and 24 volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The TEALS expansion to <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> marks an important step in our efforts to make computer science education accessible to high school students in the region, increasing the likelihood that they&#8217;ll continue to study technology and land meaningful, in-demand jobs that offer higher pay and career longevity,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Omar Saucedo<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=269624387&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fcorporate-responsibility%2Ftechspark%3Factivetab%3Dpivot_1%3Aprimaryr7&amp;a=Microsoft+TechSpark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Microsoft TechSpark<\/a>\u00a0regional manager based in <span class=\"xn-location\">Ciudad Juarez<\/span>. &#8220;In collaboration with our partners across the border, we will help students, teachers, volunteers and communities play an important role in and benefit from our growing digital economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To help make this cross-border expansion possible, Microsoft is partnering with FECHAC, a citizens&#8217; initiative in the <span class=\"xn-location\">state of Chihuahua<\/span> to promote education, health and social capital development projects across civil organizations and public institutions, and Fundaci\u00f3n AXCEL A.C. (FUNAX), a program that empowers the entrepreneurial community to innovate, promote social development, and improve opportunities and quality of life in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is key that our youth have training opportunities like TEALS to secure better future job opportunities,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Gil Cueva<\/span>, FECHAC Juarez president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TEALS builds the capacity of teachers by pairing a tech industry volunteer with participating high school teachers to team-teach computer science. Volunteers support the teachers as they learn to teach computer science independently over time using proven curricula.\u00a0TEALS also provides partner schools with strategies and resources to help\u00a0increase equity, including creating inclusive learning spaces, promoting diversity in enrollment, and developing strategies for inclusive instruction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our mission is to democratize technological education,&#8221; said Lennys S\u00e1nchez, FUNAX director. &#8220;TEALS represents a key strategy to achieve our goals in <span class=\"xn-location\">Juarez<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As part of Microsoft&#8217;s racial equity and justice efforts announced in <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 2020<\/span>, 18 U.S. metropolitan areas with high populations of Black and African American students will offer computer science education through TEALS at 252 high schools, including in <span class=\"xn-location\">Atlanta<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Birmingham, Ala.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Buffalo, N.Y.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Charleston, S.C.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Detroit<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Jackson, Miss.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Jacksonville, Fla.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Memphis, Tenn.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Montgomery, Ala.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">New Orleans<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span> (all five boroughs); <span class=\"xn-location\">Rochester, N.Y.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">Selma, Ala.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis<\/span>; and <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>TEALS focuses on serving students excluded from learning computer science because of race, gender or geography. Microsoft is committed to enhancing the program each year and supporting the teachers, volunteers and partners who make the ability to reach and help students learn possible. With its track record of sustained progress, TEALS is now one of the most established computer science education programs in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>TEALS has offered a hybrid model of remote teaching options since the program was started in which rural communities have the option of tapping volunteers who are based in regions outside their reach. With the COVID-19 pandemic&#8217;s impact on in-person learning, TEALS offers virtual classroom options where volunteers participate remotely using video conferencing and other interactive features. During the 2021-2022 school year, about 1,300 remote volunteers will help team-teach students.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <b>Additional facts about computer science education and the TEALS program:<\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Today, 58% of all new STEM-related jobs are in computing, but just 10% of STEM graduates are in computer science. TEALS aims to help address this gap.<\/li>\n<li>According to Code.org, an organization that Microsoft partners with, 90% of parents want their child to study computer science, but just 47% of high schools teach it.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s\u00a0estimated there are currently 400,000 computing job openings, with roles available in every state. This demand is expected to grow at twice the rate of all other jobs.<\/li>\n<li>TEALS operates in 31 states; <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, D.C.<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-location\">British Columbia, Canada<\/span>; and now <span class=\"xn-location\">Juarez, Mexico<\/span>. The program is composed of over 1,650 volunteers from over 700 companies and serves 17,000 students. Since its founding in 2009, TEALS has served over 93,000 students.<\/li>\n<li>As of the 2020-2021 school year, approximately 29% of TEALS students self-identified as Hispanic or Latinx, 12% self-identified as Black or African American, and 29% self-identified as female. Microsoft aims to work with partners and participating schools to continue improving the diversity of students enrolled in TEALS computer science education programs.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 1 in 5 schools participating in TEALS are in rural communities.<\/li>\n<li>According to the 2019-2020 end-of-year student survey, 58% of TEALS students report planning to study computer science in college, and 76% say they feel that they can succeed in future\u00a0computer science\u00a0classes. TEALS students also scored 8% higher than the national average on the 2018 AP Computer Science A exam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n    <b>About FECHAC<\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<p>FECHAC\u00b4s mission is to create better opportunities for social and human development of Chihuahua&#8217;s people.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=1992940969&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ffechac.org.mx%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Ffechac.org.mx%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/fechac.org.mx\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n    <b>About FUNAX<\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<p>Our main goal is to develop projects that contribute to democratize knowledge to create equal opportunities to all citizens in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Juarez<\/span> region.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=1649095074&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.funax.org%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.funax.org%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.funax.org\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n    <b>About Microsoft<\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<p>Microsoft (Nasdaq &#8220;MSFT&#8221; @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgb641left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgb641left\" title=\"High school students learn from remote Microsoft TEALS program volunteers who work in the tech industry, like Magnum Dampier in Smithville, Texas.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1623769\/Magnum.jpg\" alt=\"High school students learn from remote Microsoft TEALS program volunteers who work in the tech industry, like Magnum Dampier in Smithville, Texas.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2b30left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2b30left\" title=\"During the 2019-20 school year, TEALS students at Henry Ford Academy in Dearborn, Mich., participated in collaborative learning environments taught by instructors and volunteers like Brandy Foster.\" src=\"http:\/\/https\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1623771\/TEALS_students.jpg\" alt=\"During the 2019-20 school year, TEALS students at Henry Ford Academy in Dearborn, Mich., participated in collaborative learning environments taught by instructors and volunteers like Brandy Foster.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg31ecleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg31ecleft\" title=\"Microsoft company logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Microsoft Corp.)\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/24227\/Microsoft_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft company logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Microsoft Corp.)\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=3200982676&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1623770%2FMicrosoft_TEALS_Juarez_Mexico_Sept_2021.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1623770%2FMicrosoft_TEALS_Juarez_Mexico_Sept_2021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1623770\/Microsoft_TEALS_Juarez_Mexico_Sept_2021.jpg<\/a><br \/>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=3137959838&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1623769%2FMagnum.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1623769%2FMagnum.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1623769\/Magnum.jpg<\/a><br \/>Photo &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=2403381369&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1623771%2FTEALS_students.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1623771%2FTEALS_students.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1623771\/TEALS_students.jpg<\/a><br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=3580592710&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F24227%2FMicrosoft_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F24227%2FMicrosoft_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/24227\/Microsoft_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Microsoft Corp.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">JUAREZ, Mexico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 13, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Today, Microsoft Corp. joined <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=1478820909&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ffechac.org.mx%2F&amp;a=FECHAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FECHAC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3287963-1&amp;h=1791609296&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.funax.org%2Ffs%2F&amp;a=FUNAX%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FUNAX,<\/a>\u00a0and community and government leaders to announce the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}