In January 2016, ECS team member Jane Margolis was recognized by the White House as a Computer Science Education Champion of Change.   See the article from Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls   THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2016 White House to Recognize Computer Science Education “Champions of Change” “In the coming years, we should build on that progress, by providing Pre-K for […]

Baker is a high school computer science teacher at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Since he started teaching in 2002, Baker has worked to increase the visibility and credibility of high school computer science. Much of this work involves ensuring that women and other under-represented groups are given opportunities to succeed in a discipline that has historically excluded them. In recent years Baker has enjoyed greater than 50% female […]