News of particular interest to teachers.
The Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) has announced it is launching Equity Institutes throughout California to help schools better deliver on the promise and potential of the standards for all students, especially those who have been historically underserved by the education system. This program is designed for district teams and individual leaders from all
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The San Francisco Unified School District adopted a resolution this week to expand Computer Science classes, citing that the knowledge and skills learned in those classes will help students understand underlying technologies they will faced in any profession. According to the press release: “Information technology is now the fastest growing job sector in San Francisco,
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The Orange County Department of Education has announced it is providing training related to subjects found in the Information and Communication Technologies sector this summer. This training is open to all interested administrators and teachers. EDTech Scratch Coding and Science This one day course will be a tutorial of MIT’s Scratch coding language, and interfacing
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Google is supporting computer science instruction through its Computer Science (CS) First initiative. CS First provides entry-level exposure to computer science through an enrichment or club environment, for students who are in grades 4-8 (ages 9-14). CS is a scientific discipline that drives computation and its applications. CS is a key 21st century skill that
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