Kevin Wang always had the teaching bug in him. After graduating from UC-Berkeley in 2002 with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science, he turned down industry jobs to teach in the Bay Area. A few years later he got a masters degree in education from Harvard and then went to Microsoft to work as a software developer. But he couldn't stop teaching. Before he arrived at the office every morning, Wang drove to a nearby high school and taught first-period computer science. He told colleagues and friends about his experience and recruited them to teach in local schools.
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The TEALS program seeks to develop more computer-science students in the U.S.
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The United States has a shortage of qualified computer engineers
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Despite tech's growing role in society, few high schools offer computer-science classes
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TEALS now has over 100 volunteers covering 35 schools in seven states
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