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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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CSTA
The application period is now open for the 2019 CSTA/Infosys Foundation USA Awards for Teaching Excellence. This award recognizes outstanding teaching by K–12 CS educators who inspire their students to explore the CS field; engage students in learning rigorous, standards-aligned CS content; and focus on broadening the participation of underrepresented students in computing. Apply by April 14. For more information, visit CSTA's website. The support for this award was generously provided by the Infosys Foundation USA.
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The 74
Seth Reichelson has been teaching Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles at Lake Brantley High School in Orlando, Florida, for three years, and he's still surprised by the ingenuity the course brings out in his students. "I love seeing what my students design and implement," he says of the nation's fastest-growing AP class. Introduced three years ago, AP Computer Science Principles takes a much more creative, hands-on approach than the AP's old standby, Computer Science A — with the goal of appealing to a far more diverse array of students.
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THE Journal
Leadership in the House Science, Space and Technology Committee is putting its support behind a bipartisan Senate effort to boost research in STEM education initiatives for young children under the Building Blocks of STEM Act legislation. The new bill directs the National Science Foundation to equitably distribute funding for early childhood education in its Discovery Research Pre-K-12 program. This program seeks to improve the learning and teaching of STEM in the classroom.
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AGDaily
National 4‑H Council today announced a $500,000 grant from Lockheed Martin to bring computer science education to underserved youth in five communities where Lockheed Martin has a significant presence: Colorado Springs, Colorado; Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Moorestown, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
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Education Week
With a society changing from, among other things, globalization, automation and rapidly evolving technologies, public schools have been identifying effective tools and approaches for ensuring continued growth. STEM education has been one of the main ways schools have sought to do this, and with reason. There are many ways to implement STEM education; one of the best is robotics, and, when done right, it serves as one of the most effective platforms for delivering on the promises of a modern education.
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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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eSchool News
By now, most educators understand the importance of coding. Programmers continue to be in high demand, and coding improves much-needed skills like creativity, persistence, problem-solving and critical thinking.
But just because you know you should teach something, doesn’t mean you can. Perhaps you can’t figure out how to fit it into your already crowded curriculum, or maybe you’re intimidated to try. eSchool News is here to help.
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Education Week
When hackers struck one-third of North Dakota’s schools with a vicious malware attack last February, it highlighted the growing cyber threat facing America’s public-education sector — even in a state that’s ahead of the cybersecurity curve.
“It moved quickly, and it didn’t care what it hit,” said Sean Wiese, North Dakota’s chief information security officer.
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District Administration
As students use artificial intelligence in their everyday lives, schools are integrating study of the technology into curricula across subjects to prepare them for future jobs.
“These are early days for AI education in K-12,” says David Touretzky, an AI researcher at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania and the leader of AI4K12, a working group from the Computer Science Teachers Association and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
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EdTech
Many children look at drones as cool toys. But from an educational perspective, teachers Ray Sevits and David Steele see an emerging technology that could steer their students toward a potential career.
Last summer, the two educators from Colorado Springs School District 11 took a two-week drone-flying course, became drone pilots certified by the Federal Aviation Administration and now teach classes focused on the technology.
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