News of particular interest to teachers.
The Museum of Tolerance has announced it has grant funding to help pay for the cost of professional development for Educators who are interested in: Creating a positive and inclusive school climate: Best suited for educator teams; including teachers, classified staff, administrators, counselors, etc. This program could include content on cultural proficiency; addressing equity, bullying
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Today Google announced the launch of Computer Science Custom Search, a customized search engine for finding K-12 computer science education (CS) resources. Developed using a collection of over 550 CS education websites, such as Khan Academy, Google CS First, Girl Develop It, Bootstrap, ScratchEd, Code.org and Made with Code. CS Custom Search connects you to
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Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), is asking people who want to reduce the “Digital Divide” to sign a petition to help make the Internet affordable for those who can least afford it. The CETF is a statewide non-profit organization whose mission is to close the Digital Divide
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Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. If you heard about the Hour of Code last year, you might know it made history. In one week, 15 million students tried computer science! Code.org has developed the Hour of Code as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that
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