Closing the tech education gap

Digital fluency has become as important to future success as reading, writing and math. But too often, students are falling behind before they even reach high school. CompTIA Spark is a nonprofit organization on a mission to close this critical education gap. Learn more about us.

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When we brought this to our teachers, they were so thankful... I want every educator to see what this can do for our kids.

-Dr. Tina Garrett, Principal, STEM School

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Government Technology / FOLSOM, Calif. – (article excerpt) Parents of middle and high school students in the U.S. view funding for technology education and digital literacy programming as a top priority.

That was the finding of a recent report about parent perceptions of technology and careers produced by the IT nonprofit CompTIA, based on a survey of 1,108 parents across the country, 80 percent of whom said they believe students need more instruction focused on digital-literacy education to teach students critical career skills. The report was conducted by CompTIA Spark, an arm of CompTIA that focuses on social impact and offers free technology curriculum resources for middle school classrooms.

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See the full report “Parent Perceptions of Technology and Careers”

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