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While more than half of students—52 percent—are considered economically disadvantaged, just over a third of students in foundational computer science classes—34 percent—meet that ...
An estimated 57 percent of U.S. high schools offer an introductory computer science course, according to an analysis last year by the nonprofit Code.org. Maryland recently made it a statewide ...
There are far more students interested in studying computer science than there are kids who have taken a computer science class. And that gap is especially pronounced for Black and Hispanic ...
UNO has pledged to add 80 credentialed K-12 computer science teachers over the next three years in Nebraska through courses that lead to state teaching endorsements in information technology. UNO ...
“ The California Computer Science Access Report,” by the Kapor Center and Computer Science for California, examined the computer science landscape in the state’s public high schools. It found that 42% ...
In spite of statewide initiatives to increase access to and participation in computer science classes, California lags behind the national average of 60% and trails about three dozen other states ...
Unless Assembly Bill 2097 — requiring every public high school to teach a computer science course — advances in the state Legislature on Thursday, access to computer science in California will ...
Abraham Lincoln High School won a national diversity award earlier this spring because girls made up a majority of school's the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles class.
GUEST BLOG: Bella Grimsey, a student in her second year of computer science A-Level, explains the challenges and pressures of being a lone female in class, and why the tech syllabus needs to ...
Lori Martin of Chesapeake Public Schools predicts a looming workforce crisis in Virginia as the demand for computer science skills outstrips supply. Martin, the STEAM/CTE coordinator, spearheads th… ...
The Kansas State Board of Education is considering a proposal that would allow high schools to use computer science as a graduation credit.
We'll hear about the Oregon Department of Education's first statewide plan for computer science education, released late last year.