Search

The article focuses on the support of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to the Computer Science for All initiative which aims to provide computer science education in U.S. public schools. Topics discussed include the support of U.S. President Barack Obama to the initiative, the formation of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), and the support of organizations and companies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and technology companies Microsoft and Google. INSET: Computer Science for All.

A personal narrative is presented in which the author reflects on his work with the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the Big IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) initiative to improve computer science education.

The article announces that the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Computer Science Teacher’s Association (CSTA) have created the annual ACM/ CSTA Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing award to recognize high school computer science students; the award may be applied for until January 1, 2016 and the winners will be announced in February 2016.

The article reports on the release of a paper entitled "Bugs in the System: Computer Science Teacher Certification in the U.S." by the Computer Science Teachers Association in 2013.

The article describes the British educational initiative Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science, noting British government changes in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) education, with more information available at www.bcs.org/CSteachingexcellence.