A new report published by Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) provide the findings of year-long research project that looked at how computer science education standards were reflected in current state standards and the results are both startling and worrisome.
The role and significance of computing has increased in society and the economy, quality computer science education is being pushed out of the K–12 education system in the U.S.
While there are many excellent K–12 computer science courses being taught across the country, in the past five years there has been a marked decline in the number of introductory and Advanced Placement computer science courses being taught in secondary schools.
Most startlingly, this decline is occurring when national, state, and local policy makers are seeking to expand the capacity and quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the U.S.
Read the Entire RUNNING ON EMPTY report here.
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