Broadening Participation U.S. States Must Broaden Participation While Expanding Access to Computer Science Education: Incorporating equity and inclusion in the effort toward access for everyone.

The author argues that U.S. states should expand access to computer science (CS) education in order to increase participation in CS, principally by addressing equity in professional development, education policy, and practical application of policy. The article mentions the Expanding Computing Educa...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 63; no. 12; pp. 22 - 26
Autores principales:	Adrion, W. R., Dunton, S., Ericson, B., Fall, R., Fletcher, C., Guzdial, M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Dec2020
Materias:	Computer science education Right to education U.S. states Education policy Equality
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Sumario:	The author argues that U.S. states should expand access to computer science (CS) education in order to increase participation in CS, principally by addressing equity in professional development, education policy, and practical application of policy. The article mentions the Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance, social inequity, and expertise in CS education. The article presents examples of expansion in states such as Rhode Island and Nevada.