by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has taken a unique approach to broadening participation of low-income students, students of color, and girls by establishing Computer Science (CS) as a high school graduation requirement. This policy ensures that all CPS high school...
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
Enrollment in high school computer science (CS) courses is increasing but generally not with even distribution across race and gender. The Chicago Public Schools has sought to ensure equitable access by enacting CS as high school graduation requirement. Exploring...
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
To understand student access and success in advanced coursework in computer science (CS), we investigated AP CSP participation and outcomes in CPS. We found that the district is making progress toward equitable access to AP CS courses and that inequalities persist in...
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
Across the United States, enrollment in high school computer science (CS) courses is increasing. These increases, however, are not spread evenly across race and gender. CS remains largely an elective class, and fewer than three-fourths of the states allow it to count...
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
Prior research has shown that students pursuing Exploring Computer Science (ECS) as their first elective course were more likely to pursue another computer science course in high school, as compared to students who took a traditional course as the first course. This...
