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Trump calls for $200 million in STEM education

STEM and computer science programs will help U.S. students compete in the workforce, the president emphasized.

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President Donald Trump directed the Education Department this week to invest $200 million in classroom instruction of computer science and science, technology, engineering and math. (Politico)

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