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NC Group to train 3,000 computer science teachers
CS4NC was recently featured in an article in the News & Observer, detailing how we are coming together to fund the education and training of every middle school and high school student in the state through computer science classes to address the growing lack of local...
CS helps students outperform in school, college, and workplace
Introducing students to computer science is more than just teaching kids to code. Beyond the skills associated with building a website or developing an app, studying computer science and learning to apply computational thinking practices to problem solving helps...
Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to Support AI Apprenticeships
Igniting the technology workforce pipeline is not a one-solution-fits-all problem. To address the existing and looming workforce shortage and diversity imbalance, there are significant efforts attacking the problem along multiple vectors. One of these approaches is...
Computer Science Educator Workshop Broadens Teacher Exposure to Computer Science
Among the goals of the workshop were to learn what is happening and not happening in classrooms in terms of creating well-trained computer science students, to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to learn CS and that every school has some type of opportunity in...
One way to increase diversity in your school’s computer science classes?
A recent examination of the diversity of high school students enrolled in computer science sheds light on teachers as role models. The diversity of these classes is directly correlated to the teachers in the classrooms. There are more girls in classes with female...
Grant Enables School System To Expand Innovative Computer Science Program To High Schools
By Kim Underwood Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Thanks to an $80,000 grant from the state, the school system will be able to expand a valuable computer-science program for students. This is the third year that Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is receiving a...