In this episode I unpack the report titled “2021 state of computer science education: accelerating action through advocacy,” which is an annual report on the state of K-12 CS in the United States that was authored by The Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance (ECEP).

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:37 Executive summary intro

01:24 My single sentence summary

01:34 Executive summary

03:38 Nine policies to make CS foundational

06:06 Policy and implementation

13:03 Access and participation

20:58 Computer science education policy

25:08 Lingering questions and thoughts

25:14 What data aren’t being explored and what questions aren’t being asked?

25:39 Of 37 states with enrollment data, 4.7% are enrolled in a CS foundational course. What percentage would you be happy with for students taking at least one CS course? Why?

32:48 Outro