December 7, 2009— The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and its partners are launching Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) to uncover and remedy the inadequacy of the nation’s computer science education system at the K-12 level. While 5 of the top 10 fastest growing jobs are in computing-related fields, the percent of schools with rigorous high school computing courses fell from 40 percent to 27 percent from 2005 to 2009. The last 60 years witnessed an extraordinary burst of … [Read more...]
Your Ideas as Secretary of Education
What would most professors of education do If they were secretary of education? Beyond Tinkering some of us have been involved in education through a fashion show of new initiatives... Arnie Duncan' s article is here. But those of us who toil in classrooms are curious about what most professors who teach teachers and think about teaching and learning think about the new policies at the Dept. of Education. Read this article and then have your say. Who better to understand the urban initiatives … [Read more...]
