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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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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 63; no. 12; pp. 22 - 26
Main Authors: Adrion, W. R., Dunton, S., Ericson, B., Fall, R., Fletcher, C., Guzdial, M.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Dec2020
Subjects:
Computer science education
Right to education
U.S. states
Education policy
Equality
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.