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Quartz
Gallup and Google just teamed up to conduct one of the most comprehensive studies of computer science education in schools. Interviewing nearly 16,000 7th- to 12th-grade students, parents, teachers, principals and superintendents, this study provides us with yet another painful reminder of how our education system is out of touch with and slow to respond to opportunities for our kids' futures. Despite massive and growing demand to fill high-paying computer science jobs in all kinds of organizations and industries all over the world, a mere one in four principals in the U.S. report offering computer programming or coding in their school.
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University of Arkansas
Computer science and engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas will use a nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead an interdisciplinary team of educators who will train and certify Arkansas school teachers in computer science education. Over the next three years, Training Arkansas Computing Teachers, or TACT, will prepare 50 Arkansas teachers for licensure to teach the new advanced placement computer science principles course, introducing high school students to basic computer programming and applications. The program's goal is to increase student awareness and interest in computer-related professions.
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Calling all hackers, coders, and technical high school women and the educators who support them! Applications for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations in Computing and the NCWIT Educator Award are now open!
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USA Today
More kids than ever are going back to school this fall to learn something that just a few years ago they would never have been taught: computer science. Code.org says it's gaining momentum in its mission to get every U.S. school to add computer science to its curriculum. Founder Hadi Partovi told USA TODAY that Code.org and its partners this year trained more than 15,000 teachers who will bring computer science instruction into their classrooms. Code.org estimates those teachers will reach more than 600,000 students from kindergarten to 12th grade, many of whom are frequently overlooked by the tech industry: 43 percent are female and 37 percent are either African American or Latino.
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eSchool News
As the world continues to become more and more digital, the number of computer science jobs in this country is rising three times faster than the number of computer science graduates. The problem-solving and logical reasoning skills involved computer programming, as well as the ability to think critically and algorithmically, provide a foundation for virtually every career. It's no wonder that there has been a surge of interest in having students, particularly those in grades K through 12, learn computer science.
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EdTech Magazine
As the new school year kicks off at K–12 schools across the country, some will soon be receiving new 3-D printers, courtesy of MakerBot. Over the summer, the 3-D printing company's website Thingiverse hosted a contest titled "Our School Needs a 3-D Printer." The five first-place winners of the Thingiversity Summer STEAM Challenges earned 3-D printers to give to the school of their choice, according to an August posting on Thingiverse. Since June, students have been working hard on STEAM challenges in five subjects — science, technology, engineering, art and math — incorporating various 3-D printing and design disciplines.
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opensource.com
On your commute to work, the tiny supercomputer in your pocket sends a podcast to the computer in the dashboard of your car. Although you're not driving a flying car yet, we're undeniably living in a new age in 2015, and we're starting to see some of our science fiction dreams come true. Robots are taking care of the elderly, grabbing a cold beverage from the fridge, cleaning floors and tending crops. Tiny quadcopter drones are flying in autonomous groups, flying above protests to gather news footage, some are even delivering flowers, pizza and packages.
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MindShift
Marcus Robinson comes off as an earnest, competent guy in his explainer videos. He looks like he has a good sense of humor — he might even be a bit of a joker with his friends — but he can also clearly get immersed in a project when he's passionate about it. Robinson is one of several CodeNow student alumni involved in making introductory coding videos to help encourage underrepresented groups, like students of color and girls, to give coding a try. "Coding is problem-solving," Robinson explained. "To work on finding where the errors are and how to fix them is what I love. Even if I'm frustrated with it, I'll always get back on my feet and make sure that at the end of the day I find the solution."
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