Quiq Labs, a tech education company, has partnered with Fresno County to bring programs, such as robotics, web design, video editing, drone flying, videography and photography, to over two dozen school districts.
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Top Takeaways
- Collaboration between districts and community organizations, including to mentor teachers, is the key to expanding the pool of educators to teach computer science.
- Educational leaders must prioritize including computer science classes in course offerings.
- Parents can play an important role in getting their children to take computer science classes and in pressuring administrators to offer the classes at their schools.
In spite of statewide initiatives to increase access to and participation in computer science classes, California lags behind the national average of 60% and trails about three dozen other states in the percentage of high schools…
