Posts by Claire Cronin
Remote Learning: The Student Connection
This blog highlights the tremendous work that CPS has done to ensure all students had access to the technology they needed to fully participate in remote schooling.
Read MorePartner Spotlight: Q&A with Lucia Dettori
In honor if International Women’s Day, Claire Cronin sat down with Lucia Dettori to talk about her life experiences, from growing up in Italy to being at the forefront of the Computer Science For All initiative in Chicago.
Read MorePartner Spotlight: Q&A with Shadia Daniels
Shadia Daniels is the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Business and IT Cluster Manager at Chicago Public Schools. She works in partnership with the Geospatial Semester Project to bring GIS to the IT and business clusters. In honor of February being CTE month, Shadia sat down with Claire Cronin to discuss the various pathways and opportunities offered to students through the department.
Read MorePartner Spotlight: Q&A with Don Yanek
In honor of National Mentoring month, we are spotlighting Don Yanek who is a computer science instructional coach for the Chicago Public Schools. Don shares his experiences of coaching and mentoring fellow computer science educators.
Read MoreRemote Learning: What’s a Parent to Do?
In this blog we hear from some our team members and partners who are parents with school-aged children about their experiences supporting remote learning. Only 65% of states provide specific guidance on how to support parents during remote learning. We see from these examples that by working together families are resilient.
Read MoreEmployee Spotlight: Q&A with John Wachen
In honor of CS Education Week, we spotlight John Wachen, one of our postdoctoral researchers who focuses on computer science education policy.
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