A quantum education curriculum will be piloted in Hamilton County Schools starting in fall 2026.
TN QuantumWorks, the quantum technology and career awareness initiative that will be implemented in classrooms from kindergarten through high school, was announced Thursday at a press conference at EPB headquarters. The initiative was developed by wife and husband Sheila Boyington and Dane Boyington of Thinking Media, an education technology company based in Chattanooga.
“They’ll learn what quantum computing is, why it’s important, how it’ll change industries and how they can become part of an emerging workforce,” Sheila Boyington said.
Chattanooga has a growing quantum ecosystem, with the EPB Quantum Center that includes an IonQ Forte Enterprise quantum computer, and the coming plans for a joint venture between EPB and Vanderbilt University for the Institute for Quantum Innovation. Boyington said the new initiative will allow local students to work on EPB’s IonQ computer.
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