Gov. Charlie Baker will play host later this week to a handful of his colleagues as a bipartisan group of governors huddle in Boston to speak about methods to bolster Ok-12 laptop science schooling.
Thursday’s occasion on the Hotel Commonwealth is the most recent roundtable in Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s initiative as chairman of the National Governors Association and can function Hutchinson, Baker, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy — the group’s vice chairman — Delaware Gov. John Carney, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott.
Baker serves as a member of the NGA Executive Committee.
A morning session is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. and can function panel discussions on computing careers with representatives from Amazon and Google and on scholar packages with lecturers from Girls Who Code, the NGA mentioned. The group mentioned the chair’s initiative goals to “boost U.S. economic growth, competitiveness and security through state-based computer science education policies.”
After the morning session, Hutchinson and different governors will maintain a press convention, organizers mentioned.
A Pioneer Institute research launched in May 2020 discovered that 85% of public excessive faculties and 44% of elementary faculties in Massachusetts supplied laptop science courses, and that lower than a 3rd after all choices have been aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Digital Literacy and Computer Science.
The report mentioned that state lawmakers “need to recognize that the quality and quantity of computer science courses throughout K–12 will increase if they earmark training funds for teachers in state budgets.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”