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The Computer Science Teachers Association, a 25,000-member professional association dedicated to K-12 computer science education worldwide, will receive $2 million in funding over the next three years from Microsoft Philanthropies, the tech company announced. The investment will act as "seed money" for the 14-year-old association, said Jane Broom, Microsoft's senior director of philanthropies in Washington state. CSTA has subsisted on corporate donations and volunteer efforts to build out its regional chapters, Broom said, but in order to empower computer science educators in the same way that other associations support teachers in other subjects — such as K-12 social studies and English/language arts — foundational funding is necessary.
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Inside Higher Ed
An instructor at the University of Washington set off a major debate there and elsewhere over his recent essay in which he says that the low proportion of women in computer science is at this point largely a result of women's choices and is unlikely to change. University officials immediately disputed his claims. Now, Hank Levy, director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has issued an additional statement, again taking issue with the essay by Stuart Reges. In the new statement, Levy criticizes Reges for suggesting that the discipline of computer science is unchanging, and that academic and professional fields can't move from being seen as unwelcoming by women to being seen as welcoming.
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WRAL TechWire
Mehul Shah and Michael Jones see the benefits of teaching kids to code daily. Shah owns theCoderSchool locations in Raleigh and Cary. Jones is a code coach at the Raleigh location, part of a national chain of coding programs for kids. "I think it's amazing," Jones said. "I have one kid, in particular. She's doing a bakery delivery simulator. It's a really cool little game. I'm sure her friends have tried it, and she loves it. We've worked on it every week. It's one of the highlights of the things that she does."
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eSchool News (commentary)
Meredith Hoover, a contributor for eSchool News, writes: "It never ceases to amaze me when I see a middle school student excelling at virtual robot simulations, a seventh grader using computer code to solve a STEM problem, or an eighth-grade robotics team brainstorming ideas and then developing a full-blown operating robot. Even these tiniest victories go a long way, with students getting hands-on with advanced technologies and then taking that experience to college and/or out into the workforce."
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Sentinel & Enterprise
Only a small fraction of the Massachusetts's more than 250,000 high schoolers take computer science courses, and education officials hope a recent move will encourage more to enroll. The Board of Higher Education on June 18 and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on June 26 adopted motions to include computer science in MassCore, the standard curriculum for high school students planning to attend college.
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U.S. News & World Report
Inside Subaru of Indiana Automotive, students gather around a scaled-down version of the robotic arms the industry uses to make cars. They watch as it sorts colored blocks on a miniaturized production line, occasionally glancing at the nearby laptop to make sure it is following the commands they programmed. These students are simulating the roles of modern manufacturing employees.
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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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eSchool News
Schools lack the resources they need to properly offer coding education to students. So it's not surprising that U.S. employers have only been able to fill 10 percent of available computer science jobs with qualified applicants. Progress was made this year when the U.S. Department of Education was tasked to devote at least $200 million of its grant funds annually to STEM education, and this initiative was followed by an additional $300 million from tech giants and the private sector for K-12 computer science programs.
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SDxCentral
Science, technology, engineering and math — collectively known as STEM — have become the darlings of education in recent years. Politicians, educators and corporate responsibility arms of large enterprises are encouraging students to pursue these subjects. And they're backing it with resources. The companies that SDxCentral covers have an obvious vested interest in fostering these skill sets, as they are skills that will embody future employees, innovations, and products in the software-defined space. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, STEM jobs are expected to grow annually by 8.9 percent to 2024, this is 2.5 percent higher than non-STEM jobs.
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