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Touted as a trailblazing move, computer science is to be elevated from elective to core curriculum in all public high schools and be offered at elementaries — the latter unprecedented elsewhere — the Chicago Public Schools announced Monday.
In the next three years, every high school will offer a foundational computer science course, and within five years, CPS plans to be the first urban district offering kindergarten through eighth-grade computer courses, officials said.
“Among all S.T.E.M. careers, computer science represents one of the most dynamic and fast-growing fields, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2020, the U.S. will have one million more jobs in computing than they have trained professionals to fill them,” Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said.
S.T.E.M. fields are those in science, technology, engineering and math.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Byrd-Bennett at the announcement at Von Steuben High School — bolstered by video-beamed congratulations from President Barack Obama on a hometown initiative answering his State of the Union challenge “to redesign America’s high schools” by teaching teens technology skills, including coding.
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In the next three years, every high school will offer a foundational computer science course, and within five years, CPS plans to be the first urban district offering kindergarten through eighth-grade computer courses, officials said.
“Among all S.T.E.M. careers, computer science represents one of the most dynamic and fast-growing fields, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2020, the U.S. will have one million more jobs in computing than they have trained professionals to fill them,” Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said.
S.T.E.M. fields are those in science, technology, engineering and math.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Byrd-Bennett at the announcement at Von Steuben High School — bolstered by video-beamed congratulations from President Barack Obama on a hometown initiative answering his State of the Union challenge “to redesign America’s high schools” by teaching teens technology skills, including coding.
Read more here.