Apr 8, 2015
Zarb Partners with The Progressive School to Provide IT Education
Last year, the Zarb School of Business began working with The Progressive School in Long Island to create The Next Generation Computer Programming Academy. The program helps to teach teach computer coding to third- to eighth-grade students. Graduate students and upperclassmen in the Hofstra Information Technology Association work with the students using tiny, low-cost portable computers, called Raspberry Pi, to teach basic programming skills.
The partnership between Zarb and The Progressive School is funded by a grant from OpenLink, a Uniondale financial software company. The grant helped to purchase 30 new computer monitors for the school and also helps to fund stipends for the Hofstra student instructors.
