Computer Science Teachers Association

In my role as a teacher, I have had numerous days that began before the bell rang in the morning and continued long into the evening after the last student had left. I have risen early to prepare my lessons, used my lunch period to answer e-mails, and spent most nights grading my students’ work or reworking materials for the next day. Although teaching has always been a commi...

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) announced eight high school students were selected from among a pool of graduating high school seniors throughout the US for the ACM/CSTA Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing. Elig...

Oommen Chris Jacob is an accomplished leader, educator, and instructional technologist with over 17 years of experience in the New York City Department of Education. He currently serves as technology coordinator, computer science department head, and Future Ready NYC Coordinator at Pathways College Preparatory School, where he established and leads the CS department. Chris te...

As a former teacher now serving as a state lead, I try to keep one foot in both worlds. I spend a lot of time looking at how national and state data trends connect to what’s actually happening in schools, especially since reports about our progress toward “CS for all” don’t always include all students. Even efforts that are explicitly designed to broaden participation—many of...

The impact of widespread generative AI use is clear in our programming courses. Teachers are scrambling to adapt assignments, assessments, and classroom activities that have been impacted by generative AI. This fall, I had the invaluable opportunity to participate in the CSTA