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The Inquirer
Last year, Jeremy Seedorf’s nine-year-old daughter and her classmates received tablet computers from their Lancaster County school. He wouldn’t let her bring one home: “The iPads were coming, and there was nothing we could do about it.”
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The Ripon Advance
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, wants to increase the nation’s computer-skilled workforce by establishing a new national high school competitive grant program under the recently unveiled bipartisan Coding Opportunities and Development for Equitable Students Act. S. 3122 would enable America’s high schools to establish or expand coding education programs via a new National Activities Fund grant program at the U.S. Department of Education.
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NBC
The scene doesn't look all that different from study hall or an after school club meeting. Middle school students, aged 12 to 14, sit huddled around computers. There's light chatter, but most kids are silent, intently focused, faces lit by the glow of their screens. James Henry turns to his teammate Mitchell Yam and says, "Password complexity is enabled."
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University of Hawai'i News
In Hawaii high schools, students who are college-bound take advanced placement classes in topics ranging from English to biology. Now 14 teachers from nine public high schools on four islands are missing part of their summer vacation to be trained by University of Hawaiʻi personnel to teach the state’s newest AP class in the fall: computer science principles.
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Fast Company
With total robot domination seemingly impending, preparing the next generation for the future of work can feel like a lost cause. But fear not: the future may be brighter than expected. “There’s three job opportunities coming in the future,” says Avi Goldfarb, coauthor of Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence.
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NUVO.net
As early as July 1, 2021, all schools across Indiana will be required to offer computer science programs to students from kindergarten to 12th grade. Senate Enrolled Act 172, once instituted in schools across Indiana, “adds to the profile of the state,” said Kevin Brinegar, president and CEO of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. “The courses will enhance the skills of students and better prepare them for computer science programs.”
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CU Boulder Today
Google recently announced a $1.5 million Google.org grant in support of Colorado University Boulder’s global STEM education project, PhET Interactive Simulations, and rent-free space for the CU Boulder-founded National Center for Women & Information Technology.
The announcement is part of a push by the global technology firm to foster new leaders in science, technology, engineering and math fields.
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Times Free Press
Whitfield County, Georgia is among 17 districts receiving $500,000 in grant money to implement middle school computer coding programs, the Georgia Department of Education announced recently. The funds, approved by the state's Board of Education, will specifically target middle schools in rural, underserved or high-poverty areas, according to a news release. Each grant includes funding for equipment, training, curriculum and teacher professional development.
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The Huffington Post
Mattel has debuted its latest doll, “Robotics Engineer Barbie,” which it says is meant to show girls they can begin pursuing a career in the STEM fields ― science, technology, engineering and math ― right now. Mattel also partnered with Tynker — an educational programming platform aimed at youngsters — to create six free web classes in which Barbie teaches kids how to animate a robot with commands.
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Penn State News
“Rrrreeer, rrrreeer!” The sound was not coming from a swamp or a jungle but from the mouth of a computer-programmed Lego alligator. “I’ve never done anything like this,” said Sydney Rotko, a seventh-grade student in the General McLane School District.
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