The 2024 State of Computer Science Education report shows Kentucky continues to make progress in bringing computer science opportunities to students and ensuring all students have the chance to participate in these courses.
Education leaders from across the Commonwealth gathered Sept. 26 in the Capitol Rotunda where We Lead Computer Science (CS) announced $100,000 in microgrants to chambers of commerce to work with businesses and schools to build the state’s tech talent pipeline.
The Ohio Valley Education Cooperative (OVEC) has launched a new cohort of Teach Tech Kentucky, a program designed to help teachers in grades 3-12 integrate computational thinking and computer science into their classrooms.
Kentucky is among a cohort of seven states selected to join the Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance.
Twenty-two Kentucky schools are being recognized by the College Board for expanding young women’s access to computer science in 2020.
A team from iLead Academy in Carrollton (Carroll County) joins teams from four other states as a finalist in the U.S. Department of Education’s Rural Tech Project.
Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis said raising awareness of teaching opportunities available to other professionals will be an important part of the work to combat “significant” teacher shortages in Kentucky.
The Commissioner's Teacher Advisory Council heard updates on a new website for the Kentucky Academic Standards and on the adoption and development of computer science standards.
High school students would have to demonstrate foundational skills in reading and mathematics and achieve academic or career readiness to graduate, among other requirements, under a proposal before the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) at its meeting in Frankfort Aug. 2.
Computer science teachers from across the state recently visited Humana to learn what one of Kentucky’s largest employers looks for when hiring information technology graduates.