Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Charles Schultz <sacrophyte AT gmail.com>]

Good afternoon,

Kerris and George will have already seen this, but for the benefit of others, a local software company (Pixo) has suggested to a Parkland CS curriculum committee a "18-week certificate program, followed by an apprenticeship in partnering tech employers":

http://primeacademy.io/

What I like about this is that it is not merely coding, but also helps to foment the mindset of solving problems and working in teams.

On top of that, I read on slashdot.org an article that Microsoft is attempting to push a slightly easier, more basic and much more applicable CS program into high schools with the intent of opening more doors in STEM-related jobs:

https://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/stem/computer-science-principles

I mention these because I think they might be relevant to the goals of CTRL-Shift and the recent efforts with U4Innovate.

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Charles Schultz