the job/student gap in computer science
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THE JOB/STUDENT GAP IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. Computer Programming Students. Computer Programming Jobs. 2%. All other math and science jobs. 60%. 40%. All other math and science students. 98%. Sources: College Board, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Science Foundation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE JOB/STUDENT GAP IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
2%
98%
Computer Programming Students
All other math and science
students
40%
60%
Computer Programming Jobs
All other math and science
jobs
Sources: College Board, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Science Foundation
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1,000,000 MORE JOBS THAN STUDENTS BY 2020
Sources: BLS, NSF, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
400,000 computer science graduates
1,000,000 unfilled programming jobs
$500 billion opportunity
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FEWER CS MAJORS NOW THAN 10 YEARS AGO
Sources: National Science Foundation
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• 67% of “software” jobs are outside the tech industry – in banking, retail, government, entertainment, etc
• We need our future doctors, lawyers, politicians, astronauts learning the basics.
THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT TECH COMPANIES
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2012 HIGH SCHOOL A.P. ENROLLMENT
Sources: College Board
Exposure to CS leads to the best-paying jobs in
the world. But it’s only available in
5% of high schools
Exposure to CS leads to the best-paying jobs in
the world. But it’s only available in
5% of high schools
Only 4% of this tiny box are African Americans, or
Hispanics
Only 4% of this tiny box are African Americans, or
Hispanics
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Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer……because it teaches you how to think.
Steve Jobs
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It would be wonderful if every kid wrote computer programs and understood how computers work. It would certainly make you a better thinker.
Bill Gates
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In fifteen years we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing. We’ll be looking back and wondering why we didn’t do it sooner.
Mark Zuckerberg
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More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services—from movies to agriculture to national defense…
Marc Andreessen
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OUR STATE LAWS MAKE IT HARDER
In 35 of 50 states, computer science doesn’t count towards graduation requirements.*
Sources: ACM, College Board*in China, it’s required to graduate
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CODE.ORG – CHANGING THE DISCUSSION
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A SINGLE VIDEO CAN HAVE AN IMPACT
• #1 video on YouTube for a day. (Over 20,000,000 views)
• More than 3,500,000 students tried learning online
• More than 725,000 signed petitions (with ZIPs) and growing
• Over 10,000 schools want help setting up coding classes or clubs
• More than 25,000 software engineers already volunteered to help teach/mentor.
• CS enrollment in high schools that promoted the video tripled !!!
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STRUCK A CHORD WITH MILLIONS
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OUR NEXT BIG GOAL
An Hour of Code
for every student in America
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• Code.org building self-guided, online learning tutorials– Different levels, different
devices• Leading game companies
providing content to increase engagement
• Also working with other providers
DELIVERING THE LEARNING
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• Presenting directly to teachers• Working at state and district
levels• Promoting through National
PTA and Donors Choose• Database of 25K+ volunteers
who have signed up to help in schools
DELIVERING THE SCHOOLS
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• Engaging tech, entertainment, and media companies to help:– Promote (e.g., Link from Google home page)– Incent (e.g., Surface tablets donated by Microsoft)– Recruit (e.g., Promote to internal employees)
• Engaging celebrities to help:– Kick off Hour of Code at a local school– Be featured in next video(s) learning to code– Tweet/Blog/Share (esp. something they coded!)
DELIVERING THE STUDENTS
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• Encourage students to continue with 20-30 hour class– With significant incentives from industry
partners• Enlist parents & influencers with advocacy
materials– Help advance our policy causes
AND BEYOND….
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• Help us recruit schools/orgs to participate• Promote Hour of Code during the week• Help kick off Hour of Code in a local school• Host an Hour of Code in your own organization• Provide prizes as rewards for
students/teachers/schools• License artwork/graphics for use in curriculum• Donate to Code.org
HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE