News of particular interest to teachers.
In July 2014, the California Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law the California Education Code, sections 53010 through 53016, and the Budget Act of 2014, Statutes 2014, creating the California Career Pathways Trust. Funds in the amount of $250 million will be made available to school districts, county superintendents of schools, direct-funded charter
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Each year over five hundred high school students fill the Hewlett Packard (HP), Houston campus, ready to put their programming skills to the test as they try to solve as many problems as possible in three hours. This year, HP is holding CodeWars competitions at eight sites in five countries. Two years ago, the first
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Title I schools are eligible to apply for free software from Adobe to help students express their creativity and build their skills for future success! Adobe has committed over $300 million in software and professional development services working in collaboration with the White House’s ConnectED initiative. As part of this $2 billion+ effort from the
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Students (and teachers) can now register for High School Hacks II which is a free event that is again being held at Pay Pal headquarters in San Jose, California. Last year more than 700 students from over 50 high schools participated in the 24-hour hackathon and another 300 high school students participated remotely. The event, named
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