{"id":2321,"date":"2016-04-07T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2016-04-07T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:23:48","slug":"maryland-education-industry-leaders-look-to-expand-computer-science-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/maryland-education-industry-leaders-look-to-expand-computer-science-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Education, Industry Leaders Look To Expand Computer Science In Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>April 12 Event at UMBC to Focus on Computer Science Education<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>For Immediate Release<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Bill Reinhard, MSDE, 410-767-0486, Megan Hanks, UMBC, 410-455-5791<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 educators<strong>, <\/strong>industry leaders, and legislators will gather at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) next week for the state\u2019s largest Computing Education Summit.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit, organized jointly by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and UMBC, aims to create a blueprint for expanding student access to computer science in Maryland schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MSDE Interim State Superintendent of Schools Jack Smith will launch the Summit at 9 a.m. on April 12 and UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski will give the keynote address at 12:20 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day, education and industry experts will lead sessions covering topics such as Maryland\u2019s computer science initiatives, preparing computer science teachers, and the importance of computer science education throughout all levels of schooling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, President, UMBC<br \/>\nDr. Jack R. Smith, Interim State Superintendent of Schools, MSDE<br \/>\nDr. Marie desJardins, Professor of Computer Science and\u00a0Associate Dean<br \/>\nfor Academic Affairs for the College of Engineering and Information Technology, UMBC<br \/>\nPresenters and attendees from NASA, Code.org, CS Matters in Maryland, University of Maryland College Park, Project Lead the Way, Maryland&#8217;s local schools systems, MSDE, and UMBC<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0Maryland Computing Education Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0Tuesday, April 12, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:00 a.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00 a.m. \u2013 Welcome address by MSDE Interim State Superintendent of Schools, Jack Smith<\/li>\n<li>12:20 p.m. \u2013 Keynote address by UMBC President, Freeman Hrabowski<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHERE:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>University of Maryland Baltimore County<br \/>\nUniversity Center<br \/>\n1000 Hilltop Circle<br \/>\nBaltimore, MD 21250<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n<p><strong>To RSVP and request a parking code, contact Megan Hanks.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 12 Event at UMBC to Focus on Computer Science Education<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release<br \/>\nContact: Bill Reinhard, MSDE, 410-767-0486, Megan Hanks, UMBC, 410-455-5791<br \/>\nBaltimore, MD<br \/>\nMore than 200 educators, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/maryland-education-industry-leaders-look-to-expand-computer-science-in-schools\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-news","category-newsreleases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2338,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions\/2338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}