Category: ANNOUNCEMENTS

Joseph Alessi, a non-profit management professional with a focus on educational programming, will lead the Congressional App Challenge (CAC) as the program prepares for its first competition under the 116th Congress. Mr. Alessi joins the Internet Education Foundation (IEF), the CAC’s official coordinator, as Program Director. The CAC is a congressional initiative to encourage student […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today hundreds of U.S. Representatives will announce the winners of their district’s 2018 Congressional App Challenge. In all, 222 Members of Congress inspired students to pursue computer science in the 4th annual competition, the largest student computer science competition in America. Over the last four months, thousands of students coded original apps […]

    WASHINGTON, D.C.—Southwest Airlines Co. is the official airline partner of the Congressional App Challenge and for #HouseOfCode 2019.  This partnership provides App Challenge winners the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. for #HouseofCode in Spring 2019. The House of Representatives is transformed into the #HouseOfCode where the students showcase their apps in our nation’s […]

Reps. French Hill and Suzan DelBene Ascend As Co-Chairs of the 2018 Congressional App Challenge September 25, 2018 Washington, DC – Today Representatives Bob Goodlatte (VA) and Anna G. Eshoo (CA) announced new leadership for the next session of the Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an initiative to inspire students across the country to learn about STEM education […]

WASHINGTON, DC – The Society for Science & the Public announced today that the Congressional App Challenge was selected as the recipient of their STEM Action Grant! The Society for Science & the Public (SSP) is  dedicated to promoting STEM education and expanding scientific knowledge and research. Each spring and fall, The Society awards the […]

July 5, 2018 Congresswoman Liz Cheney is hosting a Congressional App Challenge for the first time this year! Middle and high school students are encouraged to register online, learn to code, create an app, and submit it to Congresswoman Cheney’s app challenge. Students may register as teams (of up to four) or as individuals. Apps can be submitted in any […]

Austin, TEXAS –  The WeTeach_CS Summit is an annual 3-day event in which educators, advocates, and other Computer Science (CS) champions come together to learn more about how to promote and improve computer science education  for Texas’ K-12 students. Rachel Décoste, Congressional App Challenge Director, spoke about Congress’ coding contest, past winners, and how educators […]

New York, NY. –  CA Technologies and PENCIL partnered to host the Guppy Tank App Challenge on June 14 in midtown Manhattan. Rachel Décoste, Congressional App Challenge Director, served on a panel of judges from STEM-related fields. Décoste expressed great enthusiasm for the Guppy Tank App Challenge and its participants. “I was impressed by the […]

The annual Congressional App Challenge (CAC) launches this week. The CAC is a Congressional initiative to encourage student engagement in STEM and, more specifically, computer science. Middle and high school students from across America are invited to participate. The “App” in “Congressional App Challenge”  is short for “application.” An application is any computer software program […]