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CSTA
The Infosys Foundation USA/ACM/CSTA Awards for Teaching Excellence in Computer Science are now open! Up to ten teachers will receive the $10,000 prize. Click here for more information about the awards and to submit an application. The deadline to submit an application is Nov. 1.
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Education Week
A group of computer science experts released a framework today for what K-12 students should know about the subject and what they should be able to do in the field. The Association for Computing Machinery, Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association, the Cyber Innovation Center and the National Math and Science Initiative developed the K-12 Computer Science Framework, which is a core set of concepts and practices for teaching rather than curriculum standards.
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USA Today
New research from Google shows that black students are less likely to have computer science classes in school and are less likely to use computers at home even though they are 1.5 times more interested in studying computer science than their white peers. The findings are part a report released by Google in partnership with Gallup that puts the spotlight on the racial and gender gap in K-12 computer science education. Google says its aim with the research, which surveyed thousands of students, parents, teachers, principals and superintendents, is to increase the numbers of women, blacks and Latinos in computer science.
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Gallup
Although crucial to U.S. students' future success, access to a computer science education is still not universal. Education leaders must better understand the perceptions of CS and access to CS learning opportunities to maximize students' potential for growth in an ever-changing technological world. The findings in this report present positive growth in the area of CS with more principals reporting in Year 2 than in Year 1 that their school offers a CS class with programming or coding. Additionally, the study shows that key concepts, including computational thinking, are being incorporated into classes.
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MindShift
It's clear coding and computer science have become key priorities in K-12 education. From Code.org's massive round of funding and the formulation of the Computer Science Coalition to President Barack Obama's Computer Science For All initiative to big school districts, like the San Francisco Unified School District, building K-12 computer science curriculum — there's indications that this is more than a passing fad.
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THE Journal
Dell is extending its partnership with Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization that works to close the gender gap in technology, in an effort to improve and expand school programs that teach computer science. The partners plan to reach 15,000 girls across the country with new investments offering financial, technical and mentorship support for GWC's Clubs Program, or after-school programs for girls in grades 6–12. Programs will be concentrated in schools across the Great Plains and Rockies, the Southeast, the Northeast and San Francisco, according to a prepared statement.
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U.S. News & World Report
Rose Broome, founder and chief executive officer of HandUp, grew up in California's Silicon Valley, playing in computer server rooms and making backup tapes. As an undergraduate at Santa Clara University, she studied computer science and business computing as an information systems student, but then switched disciplines. Graduating with a degree in campaign management, Broome thought that it would enable her to do more community-focused work, such as public health messaging.
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EdScoop
A consortium of education and technology groups released a new national framework aimed at helping states bring computer science instruction into K-12 classrooms. The framework offers a set of guidelines that state leaders and educators can use to develop their own set of standards, curriculum and instructional approaches in teaching computer science, according to Cameron Wilson, chief operating officer of Code.org.
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