by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
Recent computer science enrollments have shown positive trends. However, these trends are not evenly distributed by gender and race. Efforts to recruit underrepresented students should focus on providing information that demystifies the field of computer science. This...
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
The recent successes of Computer Science Education Week and code.org’s Hour of Code have meant that more K-12 students than ever are being given an authentic, engaging and eye-opening exposure to the wonders of computer science. There are resources aplenty to...
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
We present resources we have constructed and culled from the internet that can be used in computing outreach visits in K–12 classrooms, especially high schools. We have used such tools at about 100 schools, reaching several thousand students, and achieving positive...
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
The inaugural launch of the College Board’s Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) course coincided within the same year of the announcement of CS For All, a bold national initiative that seeks to support the expansion of computer science...
