News of particular interest to teachers.
This week President Obama launched a new Computer Science Initiative called Computer Science for All to give all students across the country the chance to learn computer science (CS) in school. The plan calls for: $4 billion in funding for states and $100 million directly for school districts in his forthcoming Budget to expand K-12
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Adobe Education Exchange is offering free professional development for teachers who want to learn more about subjects such as website design and development, graphics & illustration, the “creative cloud” and many other courses related to how to best communicate in the 21st century. These are subjects you typically find in Information and Communication Technologies sector
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The California Economic Summit (Summit) released its 2016 Roadmap to Shared Prosperity today, highlighting a set of ambitious goals—the One Million Challenges—that will be vital to expanding sustainable economic growth in every part of California. The updated 2016 report identified workforce development as one of the three essential areas where progress must be accelerated for
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The California Department of Education recently announced it is implementing the California Career Technical Education (CTE) Incentive Grant (CTEIG) program to establish a state education, economic, and workforce development initiative with the goal of providing pupils in kindergarten through grade twelve, inclusive, with the knowledge and skills necessary to transition to employment and postsecondary education.
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