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posted by martyb on Saturday September 05 2015, @10:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the isn't-there-an-app-for-that? dept.

A number of schools have failed to train their teachers in the government's flagship computing curriculum introduced last year, which was intended to turn Blighty into a nation of coders.

One third of 27 secondary schools teaching kids up to and including GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) level have failed to spend any money training staff in the computing curriculum (on the new Key Stage 3 and 4), according to a number of Freedom of Information responses sent to software company MapR Technologies.

In contrast, the research revealed some schools had spent thousands training staff, indicating a huge disparity between institutions.

The article applies to the UK, but could as easily apply to the United States and elsewhere. How do we teach our kids to code if their teacher's can't code, and can't or won't learn first?


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday September 06 2015, @03:07AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Sunday September 06 2015, @03:07AM (#232864) Journal

    (a) a teacher's salary is barely liveable

    People repeat that as fact, but I was recently elected to the school board here in Brooklyn and now see what teachers' salaries actually are. They make decent money, certainly much more than a store clerk or most other kinds of jobs. Plus, they get the summer off, generous benefits, etc.

    Teachers should really stop complaining about how disrespected they are and non-teachers should stop enabling them by repeating that as though it's a fact.

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