What Most Schools Don't Teach

What most schools don’t teach Pat Yongpradit Director of Education, Code.org

FedScoop Tech Town Hall September 9, 2014

Computer Science in the US Highly-significant, under-educated

The Job/Student Gap

STUDENTS  

2%  

98%  

Computer  Science  Students  

All  other  math  and  science  students  

JOBS  40%  

60%  

Compu4ng  Jobs  

All  other  math  and  science  jobs  

Sources:  College  Board,  Bureau  of  Labor  Sta4s4cs,  Na4onal  Science  Founda4on  

The Representation Gap

Gender  20%  

80%  

Female  

Male  

Race  88%  

12%  

African  Americans,    La4nos,  Amer.  Indians    

White,  Asian  

Sources:  College  Board  

Fewer CS majors than 10 years ago (and many fewer women)

Sources:  Na4onal  Science  Founda4on  

0  

10,000  

20,000  

30,000  

40,000  

50,000  

60,000  

2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012  

Male   Female  

1,000,000 Unfilled Jobs by 2020

 -­‐          200,000      400,000      600,000      800,000    

 1,000,000      1,200,000      1,400,000      1,600,000    

2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020  Sources:  BLS,  NSF,  Bay  Area  Council  Economic  Ins4tute  

400,000  computer  science  graduates  

1,000,000  unfilled  compu4ng  jobs  

$500  billion  opportunity  

The New Workforce 20th Century 21st Century

Using Creating

Information Technology Computer Science

Vocational Foundation

Tech workers Tech educated

What Code.org is doing about it Computer Science in the US

Our Vision: every school

every student

opportunity

Our Mission: educate

advocate

celebrate

An  hour of code for  every student  in  America  

Amazing Partners ACM Boys & Girls Clubs City Year College Board CSTA CRA DonorsChoose.org IEEE Khan Academy NCWIT NCTM NMSI NSTA Teach For America

Corporate Donors

And most importantly

Thousands of passionate teachers

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