School District Offers Blueprint for Increasing CS Student Numbers

New York's Mineola school district has boosted the numbers of students taking computer science (CS) by infusing the subject into curricula as early as pre-kindergarten.

The district also requires all ninth graders to take the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles course; a College Board spokeswoman said no other U.S. district has such a requirement to the organization's knowledge.

Nonprofit Code.org estimates at least 30% of middle schools offer CS courses, yet just a small percentage of students—particularly girls—take them.

Mineola school district superintendent Michael Nagler and colleagues have incorporated design-thinking and coding into all courses and arranged with vendors to help teachers and students access CS specialists.

From Education Week
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