<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Can anyone attend this webinar? It's in the middle of the school day.</div><div><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_5866049443266529716m_8767721343522897496gmail-docs-internal-guid-3ba92012-dedf-64ef-77e3-1354bb83b838"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Following up on the federal commitment to allocate </span><a href="https://medium.com/@codeorg/200-million-a-year-for-computer-science-6daf7e16fcc0" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$200 million for STEM and Computer science,</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  the US Department of Education will host a webinar for the CS community to go over the key implementation details. With the Department </span><a href="https://medium.com/@codeorg/computer-science-is-particular-focus-of-federal-grants-951425166838" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">now issuing competitive grant notices</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, it has has agreed to host a webinar</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on Tuesday April 24 </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to brief the CS Education community on the opportunities and to answer questions. Senior staff and Program Officers from the Department of Education will be running the webinar.</span></p><br><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Please click </span><a href="https://code-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1HBL-VHv_eRz4EMV6clq7EpiEFy7a3VbgQCtOnjXYL_Q-213172804&key=YAMMID-57786244&link=https%3A%2F%2Feducateevents.webex.com%2Fmw3100%2Fmywebex%2Fdefault.do%3Fnomenu%3Dtrue%26siteurl%3Deducateevents%26service%3D6%26rnd%3D0.0012650165945878866%26main_url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Feducateevents.webex.com%252Fec3100%252Feventcenter%252Fevent%252FeventAction.do%253FtheAction%253Ddetail%2526%2526%2526EMK%253D4832534b00000004a2e7a7eaf662f7203da5df9ed78e5f92de4b536d2946e18d03abecd67bf2ad65%2526siteurl%253Deducateevents%2526confViewID%253D92552744162870893%2526encryptTicket%253DSDJTSwAAAATW_66JV3PgKFcpcXxZso7vRqxizWbbwb8DcN7fNdFBhA2%2526" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (</span><a href="https://code-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1HBL-VHv_eRz4EMV6clq7EpiEFy7a3VbgQCtOnjXYL_Q-213172804&key=YAMMID-57786244&link=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FDofEdWebinar" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/DofEdWebinar</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) to join the webinar on 4/24 at 11:30 a.m Eastern Daylight Time. </span></b> <div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Acting Director, Maryland Center for Computing Education</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CS Matters in Maryland</div><div style="font-size:small">VP Maryland Computer Science Teachers' Association</div></div></div></div></div>
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