Category: ANNOUNCEMENTS

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 […]

From the start, America’s teachers have been the cornerstone of our growth and our success in reaching a record 8,800 students in just 3 years. The feedback we receive from App Challenge coders confirms that teachers are the #1 source of information and encouragement to learn to code. As we launch the 2018 Congressional App […]

The fourth annual Congressional App Challenge (CAC) launches June 4th. The CAC is a congressional initiative to encourage student engagement in Computer Science. The “App” in “Congressional App Challenge”  is short for “application.” An application is any computer software program written in any programming language, which can run on a variety of platforms such as: […]

WASHINGTON, DC – The 2017 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) is helping to address the race gap in tech by inspiring youth to learn to code and create original apps. Cinco de Mayo is as good a time as any to highlight the success of young Latino-American innovators. The App Challenge increased its number of Latino […]

WASHINGTON, DC – The 2017 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) is helping to address the race gap in tech by inspiring youth to learn to code and create original apps. As we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we also highlight the success of young Asian-American innovators.  A whopping 26% of all 2017 CAC participants self-identified […]