In this article, Leslie Aaronson, a standout ECS teacher at Foshay, is misassigned but already procured new credentials not once, but twice! By Samuel Gilstrap, published Dec 9, 2015 on LAUSD Daily. Seniors from the Technology Academy at Foshay Learning Center proudly showcased projects responding to a challenge to use technology to solve important challenges facing their community. The annual Foshay Technology Fair helped promote the District’s participation in the […]
Published Dec. 10, 2013 on CBS LA. LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles City Council has officially declared this week Computer Science Week. The University of California Los Angeles, the mayor’s office, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nonprofit Code.org and several other groups kicked off the week Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the UCLA Community School. The event highlighted the “Hour of Code” campaign, which gives K-12 […]
By Joanie Harmon, published Dec. 9, 2013 on UCLA Ed & IS Ampersand. UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and the nonprofit Code.org collectively launched the Los Angeles segment of National Computer Science Education Week at the UCLA Community School on Dec. 10 at the Paul Schrade Library at UCLA Community School, with local and state lawmakers, and industry leaders from Microsoft, […]
Exploring Computer Science was recently mentioned in a Smithsonian article on Educating Americans for the 21st Century… Special Report: Educating Americans for the 21st Century Kids may know their way around a computer, but in order to get a job in the new economy, they will have to know how to write a program, not just use one. By Peg Tyre, published May 23, 2013 on Smithsonian.com. “What the computer […]
Baker is a high school computer science teacher at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Since he started teaching in 2002, Baker has worked to increase the visibility and credibility of high school computer science. Much of this work involves ensuring that women and other under-represented groups are given opportunities to succeed in a discipline that has historically excluded them. In recent years Baker has enjoyed greater than 50% female […]