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EdScoop
Jake Baskin has devoted his entire adult life to computer science education. For a few years, he taught computer science at a high school with Chicago Public Schools. More recently, he had been working at Code.org to expand access to and implement comprehensive computer science programs in over 100 school districts nationwide. Now, he'll continue that work as the new executive director of the Computer Science Teachers Association, a decision announced.
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Cue is Wonder Workshop's most sophisticated robot to date. With enhanced sensors, faster processors, and an all new app that enables young coders to transition from block-based coding to text-based Javascript programming, Cue is the perfect solution for middle school educators interested in taking coding and robotics to the next level.
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Edutopia
Good, solid literacy instruction is the right of every student and the responsibility of all educators. School leaders recognize the need for literacy instruction to become a schoolwide priority—in all courses, not just English and the humanities.
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The Lily
For more than 30 years, high schools have offered Advanced Placement classes in computer science. But about 10 years ago, educators began to worry about participation. Overall numbers were low. About 20,000 students took the computer science tests in 2007, fewer than the totals for AP French or studio art. A closer look showed even more dismal trends that year. Only about 3,360 female and 1,300 Latino students took the computer science test. The African American total was a mere 734.
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ComputerWeekly.com
Computer science as an undergraduate degree subject has seen a gentle spike in demand between the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic years, according to the most recent Higher education student statistics survey. The subject saw a 4 percent increase in undergraduate enrolment numbers — the biggest percentage rise in all subjects. However, the absolute number — 1,175 — was below that for business and administrative studies, 2,395.
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KRMG
Oklahoma may suffer from low budgets when it comes to education, but the state's been working hard on making sure its academic standards are high. Recently, the Oklahoma State Department of Education released a draft of new academic standards for computer sciences. If adopted, Oklahoma will become only the third state in the nation to have grade-specific standards for computer science. State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister told KRMG that it's vitally important to prepare Oklahoma's students for the realities of the job market of the future — and indeed, of the present.
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Tribune-Review
After a year of debate, Pennsylvania's State Board of Education has approved a resolution to offer computer science education to all public school students in the commonwealth by endorsing Computer Science Teacher Association K-12 Standards. Gov. Tom Wolf, who sought the change, applauded the move.
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The Washington Post
When Terry McAuliffe entered office as Virginia's governor four years ago, expectations for high school students were outdated, he said. Schoolchildren were credited for "seat time," not how well equipped they were to enter the workforce. So his administration set out to create opportunities and establish expectations for students, he said. As McAuliffe leaves officeleft office, he is toutingtouted education initiatives intended to steer Virginia students into high-paying technical jobs.
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TechRadar
Toy robots that teach kids how to code are, honestly, nothing new. But, on the CES 2018 show floor, we've met one coding toy robot to beat them all: the Root by Root Robotics and Coding & Play. The Root is unique in that, rather than simply teaching toddlers how to code through more easily-digestible reductions of what coding actually is and stopping there, increases in complexity as your kids grow in understanding.
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Education Week
Democrats are lining up behind an effort in the Senate to restore what's known as "net neutrality" to the internet, even if the odds are heavily against it. Recently, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to toss aside the two-year-old policy, which was intended to prevent internet service providers from blocking or slowing down content. The move, led by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, is supported by those who say it will allow providers to create more and better content without jeopardizing fair access to various sites.
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The Hechinger Report
One of the biggest education priorities of recent years has been readying more young people for the job-friendly fields of science, technology, engineering and math. In 2006, President Bush announced the "American Competitiveness Initiative" to strengthen science-and-tech education in the name of advancing innovation. Three years later, President Barack Obama unveiled a program to train 100,000 new STEM teachers and attract more girls and minorities to the fields. Getting kids into STEM has been embraced by interests as varied as Microsoft, the Girl Scouts and David Koch.
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