Two Widmeyer clients, the Association for Computing Machinery and Computer Science Teachers Association, released a new report on October 6th on the lack of quality computer science education at the K-12 level. The report was released at the launch of a new coalition, Computing in the Core, which was formed to address the need to [...]
On Friday, July 30th, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) introduced the Computer Science Education Act, a key legislative initiative that is part of a continuing effort to address the growing crisis in K-12 computer science education. The legislation will bolster computer science education programs across the country, and help ensure that the education pipeline will produce [...]
Widmeyer clients, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Computer Science Teachers Association, continue to support efforts such as Computer Science Education Week to increase awareness of the importance of including computer science in the national education conversation. A recent article in Education Week featured quotes from both organizations while highlighting a multitude of initiatives [...]
The Holmes Group’s 2010 North American award’s competition attracted more than 1,600 entries. Widmeyer Communications is a finalist for two 2010 Gold SABRE awards and also received a certificate of excellence in the Bronze category [...]
On Tuesday, March 9, the Association for Computing Machinery announced the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award, one of the computing community’s highest distinctions. Widmeyer worked with the Associated Press on an article that was featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post and more.
Recognizing the transformative role of computing and the need to bolster computer science at all educational levels, Widmeyer Communications worked with The Association for Computing Machinery to build public awareness of the first Computer Science Education Week.
Two weeks after the official Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek, Dec. 6-12), led by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to raise awareness about the computing field, the issue is still witnessing an unprecedented amount of coverage.
The U.S. House of Representatives’ recently designated December 6-12, 2009 as Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) in recognition of the transformative role of computing and necessity of rigorous computer science education at all levels.
