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On June 9, 2026, the CSTA Voice published The Disengagement Gap: What does this mean for CS? authored by CSTA 2025-26 IMPACT Fellow and CSTA Washington VP of Membership Anthony Barba of East Valley High School (Yakima SD). The article highlights a critical “disengagement gap” where high schoolers rapidly lose interest in school despite positive parental perceptions. To counter…
On June 7, 2026, the CSTA Voice profiled CSTA 2025-26 IMPACT Fellow and CSTA Washington VP of Membership Anthony Barba of East Valley High School (Yakima SD) and his Esports program, which has attracted many new students to his computer science courses. Using Esports to Attract New Students with CSTA Impact Fellow Anthony Barba Discover…
The Washington State Scholastic Esports Association (WSSEA) hosted Washington’s 5th annual State Esports Championship at the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, Washington. The event drew 38 middle and high school teams from across the state to compete in industry-standard titles, including Overwatch 2, Super Smash Bros., Rocket League, and Splatoon 3. What began around 2010 as…
Gerardo Bermudez holds a unique position in the CS Education landscape. He is currently a software engineering manager with Microsoft, who is also in the STEP CS (Secondary Teacher Education Program – Computer Science) at the University of Washington. Gerardo also taught high school computer science for several years as a volunteer with TEALS. For…
Computer Science Education and Career and Technical Education (CTE) have a close and mutually reinforcing relationship in Washington state. More than 85% of computer science course sections — and an even higher percentage of student enrollments — are offered through CTE programs. In addition, Digital Technology is not only recognized as its own career cluster…
This post contains summaries of the following posts on data dashboards on Washington CS and CTE Education during the period of 2019-2024: The code and data for all of these dashboards may be found on a public repository on Github. Washington educators and education administrators should also review the following posts for guidance on interpreting…
A report on the distribution of CTE (Career and Technical Education) enrollments across the 14 career clusters and how this distribution varied across demographic groups in Washington state in SY2023-24.
This lesson plan from CSTA Responsible AI Fellow Denise Thompson, “Audit the AI,” is designed as a plug-and-play model you can share with your Science, Social Studies, and ELA departments to show them how AI can actually enhance formative assessment.
This report lists the districts with the highest CTE Enrollments per Student in SY 2023-24 and the districts with the highest enrollment rates in each of the fourteen CTE career clusters. This data is retrieved from the two Tableau dashboards created by CSTA Washington to help educators understand what students are taking what CTE courses…
This report summarizes data on enrollments in CTE courses by CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Codes from the two Tableau dashboards created by CSTA Washington to help educators understand what students are taking what CTE courses in Washington state: While the following data on CTE Enrollment Growth by CIP Code can be retrieved from these…