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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 Mercury News
A major new study of computer science skills concludes that American college students are outperforming their counterparts in three major economic and political powers: China, India, and Russia. "Our results suggest that the U.S. is doing a great job, at least in terms of computer science education, compared to these three other major countries," concluded Prashant Loyalka of Stanford University's Graduate School of Education, who led the international research project.
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Education DIVE
Reaching minority communities has been a priority for educators and employers seeking to open access to and cultivate interest in STEM fields. Currently, Hispanic people account for 16 percent of the U.S. workforce, but only 7 percent of the country's STEM workforce, according to a 2018 data analysis by Pew Research Center. Some of this can be attributed to the fact that minorities make up a small percentage of STEM degree-holders, as well as the reality that minorities are less likely to enter STEM programs due to a lack of resources in their schools.
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Education DIVE
School district administrators, teacher educators, foundation officials and nonprofit and corporate leaders gathered at the San Diego Zoo to further their collaborative efforts to prepare more STEM teachers for the nation's classrooms. Participating in the 100Kin10 initiative's annual summit, attendees shared their expertise and held discussions around "grand challenges," such as teacher preparation and supporting teachers at the elementary level in teaching STEM content.
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The Seattle Times
Amazon will provide $4 million in scholarships for 100 high school students as part of its new program to support computer science education. The company began its Amazon Future Engineer program last fall, part of what it described as a $50 million commitment to education focused on science, math, engineering and other disciplines in high demand from technology companies, not least Amazon.
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[Brilliant]
 Research shows that active learning is much more effective than passively listening to a lecture. Brilliant uses the active learning approach by teaching through problems with logical steps, breaking them up into bite sized concepts, presenting clear thinking in each part, and then building back up to an interesting conclusion. Rote memorization is not learning - supercharge your lessons with Brilliant.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Computer science courses will be required in every Georgia high school, if new legislation is signed into law. Senate Bill 108 requires a course in at least one high school in every school district by the fall of 2022 and in half the high schools per district the next year. The course would have to be available in every public high school by the 2024-2025 school year.
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Pacific Standard
In January of 2016, President Barack Obama announced the Computer Science for All initiative. In his State of the Union address that month, he described its goals as "offering every student the hands-on computer science and math classes that make them job-ready on day one." Obama's announcement crystallized a movement that had been fomenting for years — and continues to grow. The Scratch programming environment boasts more than 30 million registered users, the programming-oriented game Minecraft has upwards of 90 million monthly players, and code.org's "Hour of Code" has been used in schools across the United States.
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Utah Business
Utah's tech industry is booming. We're leading the country in technology-based economic development and our tech industry continues to grow faster than that of any other state in the nation. In order to ensure that we have the workforce to sustain this high-level growth, Utah's business community is championing efforts to ensure all students have access to computer science classes. Computing classes not only teach students about technology, but they also encourage children to think critically and develop problem-solving skills. These classes prepare our next generation of learners, leaders, problem solvers and innovators to make robust contributions to our world.
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EdScoop
"Summer brain drain" or the "summer slide" occurs when students, especially those from low-income families, lose some of the academic skills and knowledge learned during the previous school year. According to Erin Mulcahy, senior product strategy lead of education at littleBits, during a recent webinar hosted by edWeb.net, summer brain drain has a significant impact on elementary-aged students as she claims two-thirds of the achievement gap between lower and higher income 9th graders can be explained by summer learning loss.
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ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. CSTA appreciates ACM's ongoing support!
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