Seven schools in Hampton Roads will be among those to benefit from an Amazon grant aimed at helping low-income students access computer science classes.
Amazon will donate $3.9 million to a Richmond-based nonprofit over the next three years to help the group support students at mostly Title I or economically disadvantaged schools. Title I schools receive federal funds to support academic needs for schools with high percentages of children from low-income families.
Computer science instruction was folded into Virginia’s Standards of Learning in 2017, making the commonwealth the first in the country to require computer science and coding in K-12 education.
The donation will go toward training teachers and working with administrators across 19 schools in Virginia, including two in Chesapeake and five in Suffolk.
“We were very intentionally wanting to serve Title I schools and economically disadvantaged schools because often they’re the last to receive innovative programs in school divisions,” said Chris Dovi, executive director of computer science engineering, the Richmond nonprofit that received the donation.
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