At a press conference last week, California lawmakers, along with the state's superintendent of education, announced a bill that, if passed, would require all public high schools to teach computer science. (And establish CS as a high school graduation requirement by the 2030-31 school year.)
Theodp, a longtime Slashdot reader, said he noticed posters with CS education advocacy graphs and statistics “copied verbatim” from Code.org, a nonprofit backed by big tech companies. (And a “California Department of Education news release also echoes the facts of his K-12 CS advocacy on Code.org.”)
The announcement comes as Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi, whose goal is to make CS a high school graduation requirement in all 50 states by 2030, gave a keynote speech at the California Association of School Administrators and Superintendents symposium. This took place less than two weeks after the. In a Facebook post on October 20th, [California state assemblyman] Berman hinted that something big is afoot in California's K-12 CS education space, noting that he has partnered with Code.org on legislation in the past. “I attended Code.org’s 10th anniversary celebration and had the opportunity to speak with founder Hadi Partovi and CS advocate Aloe Blacc, who are committed to expanding access to computer science education. They have done great work…and I have always done so, and I am proud to partner with them on legislation to do that in California. There will be more to come!”
