Author: Nikki Navta, VP of K-12 Computer Science at EMC School A lack of access to computer science (CS) education is causing our students – and the future American workforce – to fall further and further behind. According to recent National Center for Education Statistics, there are 570,926 open computing jobs nationwide and only 49,291 computer science graduates. In years to come, even more jobs, including those that might not obviously require CS skills, will need tech-savvy workers. Continue Reading on our Editorial's Page.
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Victoria Fregoso
11/3/2018 11:45:11 am
I enjoyed reading this post. It is very important to find our students that have interest in CS. I feel so many of our students are naturally tech savvy and don’t consider CS an interest because it’s a naturally and daily skill they use. This was a great article thanks you.
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James Martin
11/4/2018 11:28:33 am
This was a good post about the inclusion of students in technology based classrooms. Our school just recently opened up AP Computer Science to our school. The question has begun about how we can recruit and built the program. Like the article says, including ALL students in the recruitment process involves looking at the diversity and equity of students. Having teachers believe in them will allow all students to at least think about possibly joining a class that challenge them.
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