Information on infusing leadership and life skills in K-12 education.
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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Applications for an IISME (Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education) Summer Fellowship Program are now available. The IISME Summer Fellowship Program places eligible K-16 teachers from all disciplines into high-performance industry and research environments for the summer. Teachers work full-time for eight weeks, complete a project for their Host organization, and are paid $8,200
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Students today need access to courses in the growing technology fields like Computer Science and game design. Code.org has made a national splash raising awareness about why it is important to teach students to code and to learn computer science. The expectation is that there will be a million more jobs than computer science students
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The Computer Science Teachers Association recently announced a new website has been developed for teachers by the National Center for Women & Technology in partnership with Google. The website, called EngageCSEdu encourages the development of more inclusive learning environments in introductory computer science courses by helping faculty to easily browse, contribute, and review materials that will
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