From the Maine Department of Education:
Maine Governor Paul R. LePage and Acting Education Commissioner Jim Rier are recognizing the important role computer science has in the state's classrooms and growing economy.
The Governor and Acting Commissioner today voiced their support of Computer Science Education Week (CSEDdWeek), a national awareness program to engage students in computer science that runs Dec. 9-15...
Maine's kids are the future of our state, and it's important we help them develop the critical computer science skills they'll need to solve the complex challenges they'll be confronted with, said Governor LePage. Doing so will not only increase their own competitiveness, but that of our great state and nation...
Acting Commissioner Rier, himself a former engineer, said Maine students can be particularly strong candidates when pursuing computer science related career opportunities given their extensive experience with technology in their classrooms through MLTI...
Regardless of their career path, I encourage Maine students, schools and communities to take full advantage of the opportunities to develop these foundational 21st century skills of using technology to communicate, create and code through the ongoing MLTI program and Computer Science Education Week...
An advocate of the Hour of Code in Maine is Project>Login, a program of Educate Maine, which aims to expand the network of computing and IT professionals in Maine through education, information and internships. Launched one year ago, the initiative seeks to double the number of computer science and information technology graduates from the University of Maine System by 2016.
