Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Investing in Teacher Professional Development : Two Thumbs up for Governor Hutchinson!

Two thumbs up for Arkansas governor Hutchinson who has recognized this by allocating $800,000 in the state budget, targeted specifically for K-8 teacher training in the area of computer science.
I think we under-estimate how passionate our K-8 teachers are in joining this movement. They initially allowed for 250 teacher training slots, and these were filled up within the first week of the announcement. Hopefully, more states will follow suit...


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Governor adds $300,000 to K-8 teacher computer science training stipends
The money will fund stipends for 150 teachers statewide who pursue the training, which begins this summer. The $300,000 announced Wednesday is…
ARKTIMES.COM

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