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Code.org Needs Us as Much as We Need Them

11.07.2017

UTeach at the University of Texas at Austin is a university-based CSP providers. Students who took the UTeach CS Principles course did 9% better on average than the rest of the students across the nation. UTeach announced these results on its...

 

UTeach CS Announces CS For All Commitments

10.12.2017

On October 16-17, 2017, the nationwide community of computer science educators, researchers, activists, and supporters will convene at the 2017 CSforAll Summit to celebrate progress and announce new...

 

School Finance Report

10.04.2017

UTeach Director Michael Marder co-authored a school finance study with Chandra Villanueva of the Center for Public Policy Priorities. The report details the effect of Legislative budget cuts on Texas public schools.

Marder said, “After...

 

Jason Slabodsky and the Future of Computer Science

09.26.2017

So much of how we live our lives today is informed by advances in computing and computer science, from posting photographs of our lunches on Instagram to research in genetic mapping. Many jobs exist today that didn’t 20 years ago, thanks to...

 

UTeach project-based instruction pays off for students in AP Computer Science Principles

09.25.2017

UTeach is a program to prepare STEM teachers at universities. It began at UT Austin 20 years ago, and has been adopted...

 

Computational Thinking and Collaboration in Big D

08.30.2017

During a blazing hot week in north Texas, 67 high school teachers from 18 states and 56 school districts (with more than 40% of those teaching in rural locations) attended the UTeach Computer Science Principles training on the University of...

 

UTeach from the Principal's Perspective

07.25.2017

If you were a middle- or high-school principal looking to fill vacant teaching positions in math and science, what attributes would the ideal candidate possess? Would they have strong content knowledge in their field? Or will they have...

 

UTeach Austin receives Raise Your Hand Texas Funding

07.12.2017

On Monday, July 10, Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation announced its Raising Texas Teachers initiative, which allocates $50 million in...

 

Innovations in Project-Based Instruction

06.12.2017

by Kate York 

When faced with the choice to “go big, or go home” in facilitating Project-Based Instruction (PBI) at UTeach Dallas, Master Teachers Kate York and Katie Donaldson have definitely chosen the former. Pre-service teachers...

 

UTeach Programs Observe UTeach Week

06.06.2017

This year, UTeach marks 20 years of STEM teacher preparation at The University of Texas at Austin. To show nationwide support for STEM education and...

 

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