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5 reasons to set up a coding program in your district

eSchool News

At Everett Public Schools, we’ve always had a robotics team at the elementary and secondary levels. Last year we were up to 50 robotics teams within the FIRST organization. During the shutdown, we went into a panic over how students wouldn’t be able to physically “touch” and work on the robots on campus anymore.

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With an Eye Toward the Future, This Program Connects Students to Tech Careers

Edsurge

One of the most common concerns in education, especially at the secondary level, is the need to connect students to careers. One of the most common concerns in education, especially at the secondary level, is the need to connect students to careers. We’re going to build a robot. So guess what. It levels the playing field.

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Native American students have the least access to computer science

The Hechinger Report

The program trains educators at K-12 schools whose students include Native children on different ways they can introduce young people to programming, robotics and coding. In Fortier’s district, students in science classes were recently tasked with using robots to code the life cycle of a salmon.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation. Becky Alexander is the principal at Morris Elementary School in Morris, Oklahoma. Inspired by Alexander’s success, educators at Morris Elementary also use Istation’s reports and printable resources to promote academic growth in reading and math.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” science and student exchange programs through the end of the current budget cycle in 2020.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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