ECEP Delivers a CS Education Week Webinar by ECEP Migration 2022 Dec. 17, 2020 Uncategorized In celebration of CS Education Week, the ECEP Alliance partnered with the Computer Science Teachers Association to organize a policy-focused webinar. Sarah Dunton, Director of ECEP, facilitated presentations from: Dr. Joshua Childs, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Nate Myers, Computer Science Teacher at Wakefield Middle School Ryan Torbey, ECEP Project Specialist & CS4TX Leader
A Data-Driven Call to Action Addressing Inequities in Computer Science Education by ECEP Migration 2022 Oct. 14, 2020 Uncategorized The world has changed drastically since we released the 2019 State of CS Report in collaboration with Code.org and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA). Our communities have been impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic, schools all over the country are moving toward virtual instruction, and racial injustice has become a national focal point. The challenges of 2020 have pushed us to more deeply examine our strategies for addressing the persistent inequities that remain in computer science education.
Our Message to the ECEP Community by ECEP Migration 2022 June 10, 2020 Uncategorized The ECEP leadership team sent the following letter on June 4th to our ECEP state leaders and supporters. We are posting our statement here to open dialogue and invite participation in our work to broaden participation in computing, which can only be done if we work collaboratively to dismantle systemic racism.
Three Models Driving ECEP & ECEP State Efforts by ECEP Migration 2022 May 6, 2020 Uncategorized Stepping into year nine of the Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance, the leadership team developed a new Theory of Change, and recently added a fifth stage to the ECEP How to Change at State model, originally developed by Mark Guzdial, Rick Adrion, Barbara Ericson and Renee Fall. Both of these models reflect past ECEP efforts and position ECEP to adapt to the evolving needs of state teams working to broaden participation in computing (BPC) through advocacy and policy reform efforts.
ECEP Shows Up for RESPECT 2020 by ECEP Migration 2022 April 27, 2020 Uncategorized RESPECT 2020, the 5th international conference on Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology was held virtually on Wednesday, March 11th. Making a quick transition from the planned in-person format to a virtual format, we applaud the leadership taken in these unprecedented times by the organizing committee, and especially the general chairs Christina Gardner-McCune (UF) and Nicki Washington (Winthrop). This year’s theme was “Learning from the past. Building for the future.” In retrospect, it was probably not intended to reference the massive effort that it would take to flip the entire conference in less than …
ECEP Releases New 5-Stage Model to Broaden Participation in Computing by ECEP Migration 2022 March 4, 2020 Uncategorized ECEP is proud to support the broadening participation in computing (BPC) community by releasing a new 5-stage model for state-level computer science education advocates to utilize as they scale their work.
2019 ECEP Convening, CSEdCon, and the State of Computer Science Education Report by ECEP Migration 2022 Sept. 29, 2019 Uncategorized This month, ECEP co-hosted CSEdCon, a 500-person event in which participants explored K-12 computer science pathways, developed implementation plans for their district or region, learned about CS curriculum offerings, and worked together towards advancing state-level policies. The event, spearheaded by Code.org and in partnership with ECEP and CSTA, was held on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 through Friday, September 13, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2019 State of Computer Science Education Report Released by ECEP Migration 2022 Sept. 13, 2019 Uncategorized Code.org invited the ECEP Alliance and the CSTA to co-author the 2019 State of Computer Science Education Report, which focuses on state-level progress in broadening participation in computing. You can access the report here. ECEP state leadership teams are highlighted throughout.
ECEP 2.0 Launches with National Summit by ECEP Migration 2022 Nov. 29, 2018 Uncategorized In the fall of 2016 the Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance principal investigators and co-principal investigators Rick Adiron, Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson, and Renee Fall put out a call to ECEP state teams with the aim of transitioning ECEP leadership. Prior to ECEP first receiving funding from the National Science Foundation, the PIs and Co-PIs worked on various broadening participation in computing efforts in Massachusetts and Georgia. Ready to pursue new research projects, they decided to seek new state leaders to continue and grow the ECEP Alliance. By late summer 2018, a new leadership team for ECEP 2.0 was …
Georgia Tech’s Mark Guzdial to Give Public Talks on How Research Can Inform Computer Science Educators by ECEP Migration 2022 April 11, 2018 Uncategorized Mark Guzdial, professor in the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, will give two public talks at UMass Amherst April 25 and 26.