Computer Science for All Initiative Gets NSF $25 Million
Source: UT Austin
Travis High School students
As the lead federal agency responsible for building the research knowledge base for Computer Science (CS) education, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to announce more than $25 million in awards since the administration's CS for All initiative launched just seven months ago.
These new awards accelerate NSF's ongoing efforts to enable rigorous and engaging CS education in schools across the nation by funding:
Creation of, and research and evaluation on, scalable professional development for teachers of Exploring Computer Science, Advanced Placement® (AP) CS Principles, and other instructional approaches.
Development, piloting, and study of the effectiveness of instructional materials on computational thinking and computing for use in pre-K through 8th-grade education.
Establishment of best practices for ensuring equity in CS education.
Research on mechanisms for implementing CS education, including CS for All.
Support for teachers newly prepared to teach computer science, such as coaching, mentoring, master teacher corps and online communities of practice.
Travis High School students engage in collaborative meetings about computer science while studying "Thriving in Our Digital World." Credit: Calvin Lin, University of Texas, Austin
NSF anticipates an additional $100 million investment over the next four years in support of CS for All.
Below are just a few of the projects that NSF is funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 in support of CS for All:
Bringing a Rigorous Computer Science Principles Course to the Largest School System in the United States, Paul Goldenberg, Brian Harvey, June Mark, Don Miller and Evan Korth, Education Development Center (EDC).
Inspiring Commitment for STEM Career Paths through Extended Women's Hackathons, Youwen Ouyang, Moses Ochanji and Anna Woodcock, California State University, San Marcos.
CS1C@OC-Building a Local Area Network of Computer Science Teachers, Debra Richardson, Mark Warschauer, Rebecca Black, Elizabeth van Es and Elizabeth Simon, University of California-Irvine.
A Whole-School Model for Integrating Computational Thinking in High School Science and Mathematics, Uri Wilensky, Kemi Jona and Michael Horn, Northwestern University.
CS10K: Leveraging the National UTeach Network to Strengthen and Expand Computer Science Principles Education, Calvin Lin, University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin).
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