CS as a Graduation Requirement: Catalyst for Systemic Change

Lucia Dettori; Ronald I. Greenberg; Steven McGee; Dale Reed; Brenda Wilkerson; Don Yanek

CS as a Graduation Requirement: Catalyst for Systemic Change

Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Steven McGee, Dale Reed, Brenda Wilkerson, Don Yanek

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

Since President Obama's announcement of the Computer Science for All Initiative in 2016, there has been a surge in the number of districts that are planning for or newly implementing computer science (CS) offerings at their schools. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is the first large school district to have adopted Computer Science as a high school graduation requirement, taking this significant step along the path towards systemic change. The foundation was laid eight years ago when an informal alliance was formed between a CPS high school CS teacher, a CPS administrator, and three university computer scientists.

Original language	American English
Journal	Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works
State	Published - Feb 1 2018

Keywords

high school
graduation requirement
instructional coaching
systemic change
CSforAll
Exploring Computer Science
teacher professional development
Chicago Public Schools

Disciplines

Computer Sciences
Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum and Social Inquiry
Science and Mathematics Education

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