Milestone: The Congressional App Challenge Inspires Its Ten Thousandth Coder The Congressional App Challenge reached a major milestone last week: 10,000 students have signed up to code an original, functional app since the program began less than three years ago. The Congressional App Challenge (CAC) is an official initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, […]
WASHINGTON, DC. — We’ve had a busy summer season at the Congressional App Challenge (CAC). Here are some highlights: CAC Director Rachel Décoste Speaks at WeTeach_CS Summit 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 […]
Washington, D.C. – The 2018 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) announces a partnership with STEMFuture, an international STEM education nonprofit, whose core mission is to equip all youth with essential STEM and computer skills. The four core principles of STEMFuture are innovation, eSafety, diversity and impact. “Together, the Congressional App Challenge and STEMFuture aim to increase […]
July 13, 2018 Pranav Patil is only 15, but he probably speaks the language of the future better than you do. Patil is a student, a teacher, and a formidable competitor–he is a two-time Congressional App Challenge winner. His 2017 winning app, Cyber Champion, teaches users about cybersecurity. The app has also recently won the “Games for […]
Washington, D.C. – The 2018 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) announces a partnership with San Francisco-based tech startup Thunkable, the platform that enables anyone to build their own native mobile apps for Android and iOS. On Thunkable, users can easily design and prototype beautiful apps, program powerful functionality with drag & drop blocks, and upload apps to […]
We’ve crunched the numbers from the 2017 Congressional App Challenge and results are amazing: 225 Members of the House of Representatives hosted local computer science competitions for students in their districts. The competition was unprecedented in terms of sheer participation as well as in geographical and diversity statistics. The Congressional App Challenge (CAC), which has […]
April 3, 2018 We’ve crunched the numbers from the 2017 Congressional App Challenge and results are amazing: 225 Members of the House of Representatives hosted local computer science competitions for students in their districts. The competition was unprecedented in terms of sheer participation as well as in geographical and diversity statistics. The Congressional App Challenge […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the 2017 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) announced its partnership with the California Association of Black School Educators (CABSE), a non-partisan organization that represents Black elected and appointed officials and administrators from school districts and county offices of education throughout California. CABSE is committed to expanding opportunities available to all students in […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the 2017 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) announced its partnership with ThinkSTEAM, a non-profit organization based in New York’s Westchester County, which aims to encourage young girls in K-12 to engage in STEM. ThinkSTEAM connects girls interested in STEM with resources such as workshops and mentor programs to increase female participation in […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the 2017 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) announced its partnership with Nebula Learning, a startup company based in Durham, North Carolina, which provides middle school math educators with tools to integrate math and coding. We are excited to partner with Nebula Learning as the company makes strides in the STEM-learning field by […]
