ACM is joining with several partners from the computing community to commend the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of a resolution to raise the profile of computer science as a transforming industry that drives technology innovation and bolsters economic productivity.  The resolution, H. RES. 558, sponsored by Congressmen Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) and Jared Polis (D-CO), designates the week of December 7 as "National Computer Science Education Week."  Microsoft, Google, Inc., and Intel, as well as the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), and the Computing Research Association (CRA) are partnering with ACM to build awareness of computer science education as a national priority.  "National Computer Science Education Week will help us draw attention to the need for an educational system that values computer science as a discipline and provides students with critical thinking skills and career opportunities," said Bobby Schnabel, Chair of ACM's Education Policy Committee  and dean of the School of Informatics at Indiana University.  "We want to thank Congressmen Ehlers and Polis for calling attention to these issues."

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