IT professionals and teachers have expressed concerns over the government’s decision to remove ICT from the school curriculum for two years while a new computer science curriculum is devised. During ...
Twenty-five teachers from Redlands Unified School District recently completed training by the UC Davis C-STEM Center and UC Riverside on integrating robotics and computing into math classes. (Redlands ...
“Let’s do it!” That was Alexis Johnson’s reaction when she saw professional learning opportunities focused on computational thinking. A first grade teacher with no formal CS background, she jumped at ...
There are more than 3 million public school teachers in America, and many of them don’t know much about computer science. Whether the ambitious new plan comes to fruition will depend largely on the ...
Most teachers agree that computer science education is critical to students’ future success in the workplace, but not all teachers feel qualified to teach the subject, according to new research. The ...
The future of work will demand fluency in both science and technology. From addressing climate change to designing ethical AI systems, tomorrow’s challenges will require interdisciplinary thinkers who ...
When trying to ensure all students get access to the knowledge they need for college and careers, sometimes policy can get ahead of teacher capacity. Computer science is a case in point. As of 2022, ...
The government is to scrap the teaching of the GCSE ICT curriculum in schools this September, with plans to replace the subject with the “rigorous” teaching of computer science and programming ...
Computer science teaching in U.K. schools has been broken for years, having a soft focus on ICT teaching — i.e. showing kids how to use computer software — rather than teaching them how to use ...
The school year is quickly approaching but learning has already begun for educators. As New York ramps up new computer science learning standards, some teachers are preparing to teach new classes for ...
(TNS) — As part of an initiative to build the computer science education capacity at Iowa schools, the state's area education agencies have been awarded nearly $1 million in grants to provide ...