Where the National Security Agency isn’t so secret: Schools
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The National Security Agency is the super-secret organization that has beenin the news because of disclosures that it has, for years, been conducting U.S. surveillance programs. But in at least one area, the NSA hasn’t tried to be so secret:schools.
The work of the NSA is based on highly advanced math, and the agency is the largest employer of mathematicians in the country. To advance its interest in seeing that more students graduate with high-level skills to do the kind of cryptological work done at the agency, it has outreach programs for students at every grade level.
The agency’s Web site provides the details, including a kids’ section called “America’s Cryptokids: Future Codemakers and Codebreakers.”
There is an entire academia section with links to programs that include:
