News of particular interest to teachers.
Hadi Partovi, the founder of Code.org, just announced the Hour of Code: a movement to recruit 10 million students of all ages to try computer science for one hour. Your school can be part of history by participating in the largest initiative of its kind, ever. The Hour of Code is an introduction to computer
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TRUTH Research from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that good teachers are worth their weight in gold. The research draws from a substantial data-set from a large unnamed urban American school district covering 20 years of results and more than 2.5 million pupils. Key findings include: The quality of teachers varies much more
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California’s 2013-14 State Budget includes significant changes to education funding and policy, and allocates over $2 billion to purposes which explicitly support college and career readiness. How this funding impacts your classroom will entirely depend on local education agencies discretion and action. Teachers and local program advocates must engage at the local level to influence
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This month the House passed HR 5, the Student Success Act, by a vote of 221-207. The bill would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) act. Through a bipartisan amendment, the legislation now includes language to clarify that computer science teachers are eligible for the professional development assistance provided through the reauthorization of
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