Computer Science in High School is Critical for the 21st Century Student

It is an amazing world isn't it? We have so much technology that exceed our science fiction fantasies. The question is, who is and will be making this stuff? Will it be your students? There has been an exponential boom in the demand for electronics, and unless we are talking about your basic appliances, those electronics require programming. ... [more]

Computer science is marginalized

K–12 schools don’t teach students “the fundamental computer science knowledge and skills they need for future success,” argues Running on Empty: The Failure to Teach K-12 Computer Science in the Digital Age, a report by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA). ...[more]

Fads trump effective teaching

Differentiated Instruction — grouping students by abilities, personal interests and “learning styles” — is a time-wasting fad that is backed by no evidence of effectiveness, writes education consultant Mike Schmoker in Ed Week. ...[more]