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Engadget
There has been a big push in computer science education in the last few years. The U.K. has made it part of its national curriculum, President Barack Obama has pledged $4 billion toward a national computer science initiative and a slew of toys and games designed to teach kids how to code have come to market. Even Apple got into the spirit with the introduction of Swift Playgrounds, an iPad app that instructs kids on the basics of the company's Swift programming language.
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eSchool News
Teaching students how to code software is one of the most valuable skills you can give them, and will virtually guarantee them employment once they're in the workforce. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the median pay for a software developer in 2015 was $100,690, and the growth in available positions is expected to be 17 percent during the period 2014-2024 (more than twice the average growth rate across all occupations).
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TheStreet
Coding boot camps, new alternative venues for instruction in building websites and managing digital commerce, are expected to see new growth this year, according to a June 23 survey by Course Report, a San Francisco-based website and source of intelligence about coding boot camps. "We surveyed a total of 91 U.S. and Canada-based coding schools, commonly referred to as boot camps or accelerated learning programs," said Liz Eggleston, Course Report's co-founder. Of those boot camps that received surveys, 88 completed them for a response rate of 96.7 percent. Graduation figures were self-reported by the respondents. As of June 1, there are coding boot camps in 69 U.S. Cities and 34 states.
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EdScoop
California legislators are reviewing a bill that would create an advisory board to integrate computer science into education. The Assembly legislation would create a 23-person panel overseen by the state Superintendent that would deliver recommendations by September 2017 on how to improve computer science education, and establish curriculum standards for grades K-12.
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THE Journal
Only five states have set computer science standards as of June 1, yet 30 states count computer science toward graduation requirements. This increase points to the growing importance of computer science education despite the lack of standards, according to the National Association of State Boards of Education. The latest policy report from NASBE, "States Move toward Computer Science Standards," looks at steps that states have taken to set computer science standards for instruction.
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EdSurge
It's shaping up to be the year of coding! Code, the language of our digital world, is used to build all the websites, computer software, and smartphone apps that benefit practically every industry and occupation. Earlier this year, the White House unveiled the "CS for All" initiative, which provides over $4 billion in funding to expand and support K-12 computer science education. There is also a push in state legislatures across the country to reclassify programming languages as world languages, and for good reason: according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, there will be more than 1.3 million job openings in computer and mathematical occupations by 2022. No wonder it seems like everyone is talking about coding these days.
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Education Week
The country's largest education technology conference kicks off in Denver this weekend with a focus on teaching computer science, turning students into hands-on "makers," and experimenting in the classroom with everything from smart watches to programmable drones. To help schools make sense of the rapidly changing digital landscape, the International Society for Technology in Education will also be releasing a "refresh" of its popular technology standards for students.
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School Library Journal
The Children's Discovery Center at Queens Central Library in Jamaica, NY, was the setting for the announcement of the Google CS First Computer Club, making its entree into New York City public libraries via 26 locations in Queens County this summer. Additional sites will be announced in the fall. Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins; William Floyd, Google's head of external affairs for New York and New Jersey; and Queens Library president and CEO Dennis Walcott each shared their enthusiasm about the new program. The dozen tweens in the room seemed to be even bigger fans. They dove into the demonstration, many of them laughing and raising their hands to ask questions of (or offer answers to) the instructor, Debra LoCastro.
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