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Education Week
Mark R. Nelson was named the new executive director of the nearly 20,000-member Computer Science Teachers Association. The previous executive director, Chris Stephenson, stepped down in May 2014 to take a position as a computer science education program manager at Google. Stephenson helped start the CSTA, which advocates for increased access to computer science for K-12 students, in 2004. Lissa Clayborn, who has served as CSTA's acting executive director since Stephenson left, is now the deputy executive director and chief operating officer.
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District Administration Magazine
In seven years, computer systems design jobs will be huge in the United States. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 38 percent growth in the design industry between 2012 and 2022 — from 1.62 million jobs in 2012 to an estimated 2.23 million jobs in 2022. But recent reports of the lack of required computer science courses in districts and the absence of female and minority students in AP computer science courses has led some to wonder whether or not the nation will have enough skilled workers to fill these positions.
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MindShift
Many children in San Francisco do not have regular access to computers in school, let alone computer science classes. The school district is about to change that as it plans to become the first large urban school district in the country to commit itself to exposing every child to computer science starting in pre-kindergarten all the way through 12th grade. "We are not trying to produce an army of software engineers," said Bryan Twarek, SFUSD's computer science coordinator. "We want to open all doors to this industry, and right now those doors aren't open to everyone."
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WCFT-TV
Alabama is leading the nation in bringing computer science courses to the classroom. In fact, teachers are going back to school to learn how to instruct students in computer science. This is the third year for computer science training for teachers at the University of Alabama campus. 22 new schools are part of the training. These teachers know computer science is a fast growing industry, especially in Alabama.
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The Bergen Dispatch
Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Tim Eustace to bolster computer science education in New Jersey's middle schools and high schools was approved 73-2 by the Assembly, giving it final legislative approval. The bill (A-3440) requires the State Board of Education to develop rigorous curriculum guidelines in computer science at the middle and high school levels that will be incorporated into the existing Technology and Science Core Curriculum Content Standards, where appropriate.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
Juliet Sime rejected computer programming for years. She put off the course, required for her math degree, until her junior year at Westminster College. It seemed as unsexy as a spreadsheet lesson. But after day one, when it was already too late to change majors, she was smitten with coding. "I loved it," the Park City native said from campus where she is helping run a math and science camp for eighth-grade girls. "I really wish someone would've sent me to camp like this or sat me down and said, 'Hey, maybe you should try this.' "Sime can't afford to go to graduate school right now for a full degree but still hopes to land a job in the field. In the end, computer science may be the one that got away.
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USA Today
The National Science Foundation is looking to revolutionize the ways engineering and computer science are taught at the undergraduate level. NSF has awarded a total of $12 million in the form of five-year grants to six universities that have proposed elaborate changes in either their engineering or computer science departments.
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The Des Moines Register
We agree completely with the recommendations before the Governor's STEM Advisory Council ["Should Iowa schools require computer science?" June 24]. A computer science requirement makes a lot of sense, and only reflects the growing role of computation in the modern world. That's not to say there aren't implementation issues: a computer science endorsement for K-12 teachers is essential to widespread implementation, yet teachers with advanced computing skills may well earn higher salaries as computer professionals. The National Science Foundation's CS10K project is just one attempt to address the critical need for well-qualified K-12 computer science teachers.
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