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Tech educator Devin Holmes looks to expand computer science programs, boost job skills – Big Sky Code Academy

October 5, 2016 /

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In each of the last two academic years, not a single Montana student took the Advanced Placement exam for computer science, according to the College Board.

In 2014, just 105 students graduated from a Montana college or university with a computer science degree.

Such statistics have at least one industry expert wondering how Montana will compete in an age built on emerging technologies.

"The writing is pretty obvious," said Devin Holmes, founder of Big Sky Code Academy http://www.bigskycodeacademy.org/ . "We need to do a better job developing our K-12 and higher-education workforce to create a talent pipeline that’s big enough for people to build large, economic anchors in the state’s tech sector."

By Martin Kidston

Full Story: http://www.missoulacurrent.com/business/2016/10/computer-science-education/

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