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By: Sheilamary Koch
 "Back to school" symbolizes new beginnings for most educators to a degree unmatched by Jan. 1. If, in the New Year's spirit, you were to create a list of resolutions focused on making this school year better than last, would having more balance between work and personal time be on your list? If so, take advantage of the beginning of a new cycle to anchor yourself in an activity just for you to help prevent burnout and promote a positive attitude.
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Providence Journal
Six months ago, Gov. Gina Raimondo rolled out an ambitious plan to offer computer-science classes in every school in Rhode Island by December 2017. When schools open this month, about half of Rhode Island's public schools — 148 schools — will have met this goal, according to Richard Culatta, Raimondo's chief innovation officer. "We are on target," he said last week. "And we're well ahead of target with the high schools. It's an indication of how serious we are as a state in providing new opportunities for our students to be successful."
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Times Record
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he will travel to several Arkansas high schools this month and next month to encourage students to sign up for computer science classes. "I look forward to visiting schools across the state to continue promoting my computer science initiative in Arkansas," Hutchinson said in a news release.
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eSchool News
Robotics and computer science programs for three Arkansas school districts through the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith received nearly $2 million recently. The award was the most received by any educational institution in the state from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, according to a university news release. Employees from industry partners like Baldor Electric Co. and Hickory Springs Manufacturing, will serve as mentors to students participating in the coursework.
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WCVE
It's been a defining year for Virginia as a national leader in computer science education. At a ceremony in June at Richmond's Franklin Military Academy, Gov. Terry McAuliffe — with the help of a robot — signed the nation's first law mandating computer science education as a core academic requirement for all Virginia students beginning in kindergarten and continuing right through graduation.
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eSchool News
With efforts to expand computer science education growing across the nation, some schools still grapple with a big problem: they don't have the staff or space to accommodate a computer science course. In fact, though interest in computer science education, and access to it, is growing, a recent report found that not enough students are taking high-quality computer science classes at the high school and university levels. The report found that just half of U.S. states actually count computer science as a math or science credit rather than an elective, and 29 states lack computer science teacher certification programs.
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MindShift
A group of recent studies on technology in education, across a wide range of real-world settings, have come up far short of a ringing endorsement. The studies include research on K-12 schools and higher ed, both blended learning and online, and show results ranging from mixed to negative. A deeper look into these reports gives a sense that, even as computers become ubiquitous in classrooms, there's a lot we still don't know — or at least that we're not doing to make them effective tools for learning.
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The Huffington Post
For too many teachers and parents, computer coding may be the equivalent to Klingon; a complex language in which only the bravest (which in this context means "nerdiest") among us know. However, for those bold enough to go where the majority of instructors and students circumvent, coding can be a great vehicle for inspiring a greater degree of learning within the study of mathematics and beyond.
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Fast Company
Many students are graduating college with debt and a degree — but no job. The reason, employers say, is that higher education is not providing students with the skills they need to succeed. Coding bootcamps and online schools have been stepping up to fill that gap in training, and now the Obama administration is signaling its interest in these emerging models with a new pilot program called Educational Quality through Innovative Partnerships, or Equip.
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