by Steven McGee | Dec 14, 2022
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) leads the nation in computer science education. Each year 14,000 Chicago Public Schools students graduate with at least one year of computer science. This is the result of a graduation requirement that CPS enacted in 2016. The...
by Matt Wead | Dec 15, 2021
As an RPP, CAFÉCS has developed distributed leadership practices that enable the melding of cognition and design into the social context of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). One such leadership practice is the CAFÉCS improvement cycle. Through weekly meetings of the...
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
This study investigated the impact of the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) program on the likelihood that students of all races and gender would pursue further computer science coursework in high school. ECS is designed to foster deep engagement through equitable...
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...
