Cracking the Code:
Closing the Gender Gap in Computer Science
THE PROJECT
Developing a vertically coherent CS program across K-12 will ensure that all early-adolescents have the opportunity to see themselves as creators, leaders, and computer scientists. Our project is to develop universal CS experiences as well as to strategically engage female and nonbinary students.
The data are clear; our world does not present females as integral to, and leaders of, the creative, technological workforce. Our project seeks to change that for our students, and—by sharing our work—for students in other schools, as well.
The data are clear; our world does not present females as integral to, and leaders of, the creative, technological workforce. Our project seeks to change that for our students, and—by sharing our work—for students in other schools, as well.
Our goals
- Determine a shared definition of Computer Science (CS).
- Design and implement a universal K-12 CS program and additional choice-based opportunities in CS for students.
- Develop CS opportunities that strategically engage female and nonbinary youth as well as others who have been historically underrepresented in the study of CS and related workforce.
- Credential personalized and programmatic concentrations in CS learning on student transcripts, in collaboration with existing CVU workgroups.
- Develop a network with the business community to inform learning opportunities and provide students with work-based internships.