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CSTA
Planning to join us for the 2019 CSTA Annual Conference in July? Early bird rates end Sunday, March 31! Starting April 1, the price increases by $50. Head over to the CSTA 2019 conference website to register and view the full schedule of programming. We hope to see you there!
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IEEE Spectrum
When it comes to computer science skills, U.S. students approaching graduation have a significant advantage over their peers in China, India, and Russia. That's the conclusion of a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. The study was put together by a global team of researchers led by Prashant Loyalka, an assistant professor at Stanford University.
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Deseret News
A $5 million gauntlet dropped by Utah tech leaders earlier this year on Utah lawmakers to boost computer science offerings in Utah schools — or leave the money on the table — earned at least a partial riposte. The original fiscal request for HB227, a bill that would create a new K-12 grant program to boost computer science curriculum in Utah schools, was $10 million in ongoing funding, but that number has been marching steadily downward throughout the session amid ongoing state budget squabbles. A final funding package of $3.15 million in one-time money was approved by both the Senate and House on Wednesday and the bill is headed for the governor's desk.
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Government Technology
Saugus High School is celebrating girl power. The school earned the first College Board Advanced Placement Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in Computer Science courses. Schools receiving the award have either 50 percent or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses, or a percentage of the female computer science examinees meeting or exceeding that of the school's female population.
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Technical.ly
The economic case for getting computer science education built into public school curriculum is a glaring one: There are a half-million tech jobs currently unfilled around the country, largely due to a technical skills gap. But given the tech industry's diversity problem, equity and inclusion must be key components of the conversation around those high-paying jobs, and who will have access to the benefits they represent.
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[Brilliant]
 Whether you’re an educator, a researcher, or an engineer, your work is all about solving problems. You understand that knowing the answer is not the same as knowing how to get the answer. You know that there are always new problems to solve, and having the critical reasoning skills to tackle them is of utmost importance. With Brilliant, you can develop the skills you need to approach challenges with confidence.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Carly Berwick, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "Mathematicians and scientists are socially awkward men who wear glasses — at least, according to children. In several studies, when children were asked to draw a mathematician or scientist, girls were twice as likely to draw men as they were to draw women, while boys almost universally drew men, often in a lab coat. I decided to try this out at home with my 12-year-old son, who said, 'Really anyone can be a mathematician, but this is your average one,' and promptly sketched a man in a checked oxford shirt with a pocket protector."
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EdSurge
At North Carolina's Rowan-Salisbury Schools, a room in the central office showcases 3-D printers, virtual reality headsets and a variety of iPad apps. Educators can stop by at their leisure to experiment with the tools, which have been vetted and approved by the district's technology department. This is Rowan-Salisbury's "ed tech playground," where teachers can try out the latest technology, offer feedback to district leaders and determine whether the products would be a good fit for their classrooms.
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EdSurge (commentary)
Sheena Vaidyanathan, a contributor for EdSurge, writes: "One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like Scratch? At what age should they transition to text-based languages? And how do I choose between Python, Java or JavaScript? Having taught coding for almost 10 years to hundreds of students, I often present at conferences or run workshops for teachers new to computer science. Many teachers are trying to build a CS program in their schools for the first time, and it's understandable why they worry about which programming language to choose."
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