WIBW

Kansas joins agreement to promote computer science, expand education

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Governor Laura Kelly has joined a multi-state agreement to promote computer science and expand education in the field. On Thursday morning, July 7, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly ...
EurekAlert!

UTEP receives $5 million to promote computer science through training K-12 teachers

The University of Texas at El Paso announced today a $5 million grant from the Hopper-Dean Foundation to endow its computer science teacher education initiatives. The endowment will create The ...
WSPA

Google gives $150,000 to promote youth coding in Upstate

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Google announced on Thursday a $150,000 grant to South Carolina 4-H to help promote computer science education. The grant was announced during a youth coding event at Berea ...
The Trentonian

Stockton awarded $444,445 grant to promote K-12 computer science

GALLOWAY — Nearly 400 K-12 teachers across South Jersey have been introduced to computer science during the past school year through the establishment of a regional hub by the Educational Technology ...
news.ucsc

NSF award will support project to promote reproducibility in computer science

With the support of a three-year, $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Carlos Maltzahn and the UC Santa Cruz Center for ...
EURweb

Rev Jesse Jackson Helps Promote Computer Science – $42,500 Raised for Scholarships and CS-Tech Programs

*Its a go for Computer Science– Rev. Jesse Jackson and his PUSHTech2020 initiative raised $42,500 to support scholarships and CS-Tech programs in the Oakland Unified School District. “I am extremely ...
The Denver Post

Littleton High School hosts “Hour of Code” event; joins movement to promote computer science education in schools

Littleton High School joined an international movement to promote computer science in schools when they hosted an “Hour of Code” on January 28, 2015. Sponsored by Littleton High School’s STEM Program, ...
Cleveland.com

Lakewood Public Library promoting computer science literacy with Girls Who Code Club

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report revealed computer science research jobs will grow 19 percent by 2026. Yet nationally, women only earn 18 percent of computer science ...
EurekAlert!

Studies examine effects of California's push for computer science education

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — New studies of computer science education at California high schools found that a greater emphasis on computer science education did not produce the anticipated spillover effects, ...
Business Wire

Amazon Announces First-Ever ‘Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year Awards,’ Awarding Seven All-Star Teachers $25,000 Prize Packages for Exemplar Work with Students ...

Seven award recipients will be chosen from across the country – two high school teachers from the Eastern U.S., two in the West, two in the Central region, and one Amazon Future Engineer Robotics ...
Science Daily

California's push for computer science education examined

Despite California's computer science education policies, gender, racial and ethnic disparities persist among the high schools that offer these courses, the students enrolled in them and the faculty ...