CSTA Washington
The following embeds an archived version of the September 2026 edition of the CSTA Washington newsletter. Highlights include: Click here to see the original archived content. Links in archived content may no longer work as expected.
“What did you do this summer?” is the theme for our 3rd Annual PNW Regional CSTA Lunch and Learn on Saturday, August 29, from 12 – 2 pm.
Do you ever feel like no one in your workplace understands you or your content? 🤷♀️💻 Not sure what to do about AI in CS? 🤖Do you just want to come hang out with other CS teachers in a cool location? 🍻👩💻👨💻 If so, you are not alone! 🙌 We invite all CS, STEM, and…
Correction: OSPI is scheduled to adopt new Washington computer science standards in the second half of 2028. This adoption date of the second half of 2028 is different from the “end of the 2026-27 academic year” timeline written in the Aug 2026 newsletter. The official release of the 2026 CSTA PK-12 Computer Science standards…
Due to the Spokane Complex Fire, CSTA Washington Eastern North VP Trish Henry and her family were among the over 65K residents evacuated from their homes in early August. While she is now back home – a home that has now been inspected as safe – many of her neighbors were not so fortunate. Over…
This Tableau visualization explores CTE (Career and Technical Education) growth and distribution in Washington from SY 2019-20 to SY 2024-25 from the perspective of overall enrollments, career clusters and CIP codes, gender, race/ethnicity, income, ELL status, and disability status. For each perspective, one can also drill down to see statewide, per ESD, per school district, and…
New PK-12 Computer Science Standards from CSTA / WA-ACTE 2026 / 3rd Annual PNW CSTA Lunch and Learn /
/ Oregon CSTA Summer SuperQuest / CSTA Washington Rolls into New Orleans
At the 2026 CSTA Annual Conference in New Orleans, the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) officially released the 2026 CSTA PK–12 Computer Science Standards.
CSTA Washington was well represented at the 2026 CSTA Conference in New Orleans, July 13-15. All of our 2025-26 board members and almost all of our 2026-27 board members (sorry, Nick) attended the event. We were joined by the 2026 foundry10 computer science educator fellows and numerous other luminaries of K-12 CS Education in Washington…
CSTA Washington is forming a dedicated Cybersecurity Interest Group to bring our state’s educators together. You do not have to navigate all the new resources, frameworks, and competitions of Cybersecurity alone.