ACM Inroads » CSEdWeek https://blog.inroads.acm.org Paving the Way Toward Excellence in Computing Education Sun, 18 Oct 2015 12:13:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.34 CS Education Act introduced June 27, 2013 https://blog.inroads.acm.org/2013/06/cs-education-act-introduced-june-27-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cs-education-act-introduced-june-27-2013 https://blog.inroads.acm.org/2013/06/cs-education-act-introduced-june-27-2013/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2013 21:33:14 +0000 http://inroads.acm.org/blog/?p=221 Continue reading →]]> On June 27, 2013, the Computer Science Education Act was introduced into the US House by a group of bipartisan legislators. Please consider contacting your local House Rep urging him/her to support this bill.  This is DEFINITELY worth your time and efforts.  Among other things, this legislation would help K-12 teachers pay for summer workshops and allow those in collegiate institutions to offer them.  Great on both sides!

More information is on the CS Ed Week site: http://www.csedweek.org/m/kt1g4rn2/html
including a press release and an overview of the legislation.

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Please support this legislation and encourage others to do likewise.

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