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The Hechinger Report
Children are capable of understanding science, technology, engineering and math concepts when they are less than a year old but these skills must be developed intentionally, according to a new report released by The Center for Childhood Creativity at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. The authors of "The Roots of STEM Success" reviewed more than 150 studies and found that kids capable of developing complex thinking skills before they are even verbal. The report also found that different types of play are essential for developing skills critical for STEM fields, like curiosity, questioning and analysis.
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GeekWire
The number of international students enrolling in American universities is declining for the first time in years, amid volatile shifts in U.S. immigration policy. That's according to the latest data from the federal government's National Science Board. The number of international graduate students enrolled in U.S. science and engineering programs dropped 6 percent between 2016 and 2017 and 5 percent in non-science and engineering fields. The decline was driven by fewer international grad students seeking computer science and engineering degrees. International student enrollment had been increasing since 2012 until last year.
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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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TechRepublic
While coding schools may not be a direct ticket to a high-paying Silicon Valley tech job, they can lead to major salary bumps for graduates no matter their educational background, according to a report from bootcamp Coding Dojo. The 21 percent of Coding Dojo graduates who had a high school diploma or GED when starting the program gained the most, the report found: These graduates experienced 117 percent salary growth from their prior job to their new career post-coding school.
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Edutopia
Back in 2012, the idea for Code.org was just a glimmer in Hadi Partovi's eye. He was already a successful entrepreneur — Partovi was part of the founding team that sold voice recognition pioneer Tellme Networks to Microsoft in 2007—but he was looking for something more meaningful as his next step.
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Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Indiana House lawmakers unanimously passed legislation to require all Indiana public schools to offer a computer science course. Nearly half of all Indiana public schools currently offer computer science classes. Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis, says the legislation she co-sponsors to spread that to all schools will help address Indiana's skills gap. "We have over four thousand current jobs available in computer science and we don't have enough people to fill these jobs," Shackleford says.
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USgamer
Not only is Minecraft one of the most popular games on the planet, but the block-based building game has also been used to teach more than 85 million students basic coding concepts and computer science. Code.org, a computer science teaching initiative partnered up with Microsoft and Minecraft back in 2015 as one of the earliest adopters of using Minecraft as a teaching tool in classrooms.
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HR Dive
Employers must eliminate bias — both conscious and unconscious — in recruiting and development. But discrimination isn't just keeping women from entering or advancing in the tech industry; it's also forcing out those already there. To improve retention, employers must make workplaces more inclusive. This can require a complete overhaul of a workplace's culture, but it's possible, as employers like GoDaddy know. But other practices must adjust, too. Employers may want to consider pay equity audits, "promotion flagging," and benefits that help employees handle the responsibilities that more often fall to women.
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KXAN-TV
At the University of Texas at Austin, computer science students are being asked to go beyond coding and engineering. Their department wants them to graduate with an understanding of ethics as well. This semester at UT there's a new computer science course called "Ethical Foundations of Computer Science" which introduces first-year students to ethical dilemmas they may be familiar with (cheating, sexual harassment) and over time helps them to draw parallels to problems they may encounter working in technology.
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