Despite the fact that computer science (CS) is the driver of technological innovations across all disciplines and aspects of our lives, including participatory media, high school CS too commonly fails to incorporate the perspectives and concerns of low income students of color. This article by members of the Exploring Computer Science team (Jean Ryoo, Jane Margolis, Clifford Lee, Cueponcaxochitl D.M. Sandoval, and Joanna Goode) provides a counter-narrative to this problem. […]
Members of the ECS team were recently published in ACM Inroads. ACM Inroads is a magazine intended for professionals interested in advancing computing education in the world. The article is titled Beyond access: Broadening participation in high school computer science. “Broadening participation” and “equity” are now common parlance among computer science reform educators who are challenging the underrepresentation in computer science. However, what do we all mean by these words […]
Joanna Goode, Gail Chapman and Jane Margolis of the Exploring Computer Science team recently had their article titled Beyond Curriculum: The Exploring Computer Science Program published in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) journal Inroads June 2012 issue (Vol. 3, No.2). Inroads is a magazine intended for professionals interested in advancing computing education in the world. The article provides the background of the ECS program, an overview of key elements, […]
Partnership with LAUSD addresses need for high-quality CS instruction. By Shaena Engle, published October 1, 2009 on the UCLA Newsroom. UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a professional development program for computer science teachers in Los Angeles high schools. The new program, Teachers Are Key, brings together education reform researchers and faculty from UCLA and the […]
In the opening keynote of the CS & IT 2009 Symposium for the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), Jane Margolis and Joanna Goode discuss their research on why so few African-American, Latino/a, and female high school students are learning computer science. Read more and watch the video Read more about the symposium