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Anyone who has ever climbed a mountain knows the experience of a false peak: the exhilaration of finally reaching what has looked like the top of the mountain all day, only to summit and see that the real peak is further on and higher up. Sometimes these historical apex moments — like the public recognition of the importance of computer science education culminating in the White House's announcement of the Computer Science for All initiative — can seem like a false peak. It's all there: the challenge, the endurance, the euphoria of reaching the top and then the difficult realization that there is still a long way to go.
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CIO
Computer science is a fundamental skill in the modern economy, President Barack Obama declared as the White House announced a series of initiatives aimed at advancing education in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. That includes a $200 million investment from Oracle to extend computer science education to 125,000 U.S. students, along with a host of commitments from federal agencies, schools and other groups to promote STEM training.
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Orlando Sentinel
A bill to allow high school students to swap computer coding courses for foreign language classes died the in the Florida Legislature, when the House refused to take up the measure favored by the Senate. But the debate and discussion about the bill highlighted how plenty of Florida educators are eager to add computer coding and other technology topics to their academic offerings.
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Indiana StateImpact
The State Board of Education approved new sciences standards for K-12 students. For the first time, computer science will be required for elementary and middle school students. The Indiana Department of Education is required to update standards every six years. Jeremy Eltz, Assistant Director of College and Career Readiness for the DOE, oversaw the re-write of the science standards and says regular updates are especially important for science. He says, with scientific discoveries happening all the time and new technology being developed, it's important to stay up to date.
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Education DIVE
In honor of National Robot Week, Education Dive took a look at two ways robots are being used in K-12 classrooms: one that helps inspire student interest in coding and another that helps children on the autism spectrum learn social-emotional skills. Robots can certainly teach students, but can students teach robots? That's the idea behind a new competition called the Vermont Robot Rodeo, currently unfolding in the Green Mountain state.
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LifeHacker
Google has launched a new education site, which gathers programming tools and other resources for you or perhaps your kid to learn computer science, a hot subject these days. You might be familiar with many of these, such as Google's Made with Code, which helps inspire girls to learn to code, and CS First, a computer science clubs initiative for teaching kids in communities around the country. The site, however, puts all of the CS educational resources in one place. You can explore scholarships, for example, in the "Participate in Academic Opportunities" section or join a programming contest in the "Access Career Opportunities" section. Perhaps it's one more site to bookmark.
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Education Week
The Common Core, standardized testing, teacher evaluations, Universal Pre-K — just about everything in education is controversial. And yet it seems that nearly everyone, from tech leaders to politicians, agree that K-12 students need access to computer science education. In New York City, public schools are in the process of applying to take part in Mayor de Blasio's "Computer Science for All" initiative — a ten-year, $80 million public/private partnership aimed at bringing computer science to all New York City public school students. Meanwhile, President Obama announced earlier this month that he would include $4 billion in his proposed budget this year for his own "Computer Science for All" initiative.
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U.S. News & World Report
The Department of Education wants more states to tap federal dollars for science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM education, especially for poor students, students of color and other historically underserved students. "Too often many of our students, especially those who are most vulnerable, do not have equitable access to high-quality STEM and computer science opportunities, which are part of a well-rounded education and can change the course of a child's life," Secretary of Education John King said. "We are committed to ensuring that all students have the same opportunities to access a rigorous and challenging education."
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