In 2020, SFE grantee NYC FIRST faced a challenge experienced by most organizations that provide direct services to students and young learners: how to translate highly nuanced, interactive educational programming to a remote context.
We recently partnered with Creo College Prep to expand their COVID-safe pod learning program in order to reach under-resourced students, and to challenge the idea that these structures are only available to those with expansive resources at their disposal.
This discussion centered on asking why the panelists and organizations they represent choose to make computer science education a major priority in their giving.
While the upheaval of the last year has been persistent and far reaching, our years of experience navigating uncertainty have served us well, and set us up to engage with new challenges while continuing to address the long term societal changes that define our work.
Making learning an impactful experience for as many students as possible is much more than a policy issue, and has many component factors - including design.
What do architects, educators, and technologists have to teach one another about the future of learning? What do effective learning environments look like in a world that is highly technology-infused?
One of the core philosophies that I ask the members of our team to keep at the top of mind in all of our work is the belief that "context is key." In order to be the most effective thought partners and grantmakers possible, we need to fully understand the conditions and circumstances under which our grantees do their work.
One of the biggest updates in the Scratch universe to date brings with a number of new features that will help Scratchers do and create more than ever before.
CSforALL and Siegel Family Endowment (SFE) announced a partnership today that will increase access to high-quality computational thinking and computer science education for all students in the US.
