“As an industry leader, Tata Consultancy Services has a fundamental responsibility to prepare the next generation of U.S. These resources are aligned to national standards, as well as the recently launched K-12 Computer Science Framework. In addition, TCS and Discovery Education have launched an online program, TECHademy, which will engage teachers nationwide in an exclusive, cost-free, virtual professional development experience that includes curriculum resources, e-Learning courses, webinars, and more. These select schools will experience the unique opportunity to learn and apply computational thinking through an annual free day of professional development for educators and community night for parents. They have joined the initiative in a five-year educator training and learning commitment to help empower middle school teachers. These partner school systems are: Brooklyn, NY Charlotte, N.C. school systems – with more than 6,700 teachers and 194,000 students – joined the effort as early adopters of this transdisciplinary approach. As a first step towards this goal, TCS and Discovery Education also announced that 10 U.S. Recognizing the importance of computational thinking as a foundational skill, Ignite My Future in School has a goal of engaging 20,000 teachers and one million U.S. This, a first-of-its-kind, multi-million dollar initiative, leverages computational thinking and new teaching resources as a catalyst to transform the way K-12 students learn across America. NEW YORK, NY | SILVER SPRING, MD, Septem– Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital education content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today announced the launch of Ignite My Future in School. School Systems and 190,000+ Students Join as Early Computational Thinking Adopters, Receiving Professional Development, Educator Guides, Model Lesson Plans, CS Curriculum Connectors, and a Learning Leader for Year-round Support
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