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October 1, 2009: IDEA Researcher Jane Margolis receives NSF grant to improve Computer Science instruction in LAUSD

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  • 10-14-2009
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Partnership with LAUSD addresses need for high-quality computer science instruction.

UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a professional development program for computer science teachers in Los Angeles high schools.
 
The new program, Teachers Are Key, brings together education reform researchers and faculty from UCLA and the University of Oregon with the Los Angeles Unified School District. 
 
"There is a severe shortage of high school teachers who have both computer science content and pedagogical knowledge to teach a college-preparatory level computer science curriculum," said Jane Margolis, a UCLA senior education researcher and principal investigator for the grant. "Our goal is to design and implement an intensive program that will offer continuous in-classroom teacher development supported by district-wide computer science coaching and a peer-to-peer monitoring system."
 
To read the entire press release, please visit UCLA Newsroom:
 
 
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