02/04/2016 - EdSynergy

National Computer Science Framework Review Launched!

Posted on 02/04/2016 by GaryPage

Pat Yongpradit, Chief Academic Officer for Code.org, invites educators to review the first draft of the national K-12 computer science framework. As interest and growth in K-12 computer science grows, the framework will help answer a common question: What do students need to know and be able to do in K-12 computer science? In California we
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California’s Champion of Change

Posted on 02/04/2016 by GaryPage

Jane Margolis was honored this week at the White House as a Computer Science Champion of Change. Since 1994 Jane has worked as a researcher with the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) studying why so few African American, Latino, and female students are learning computer science. Her research led to the writing of the
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