Specifically in North Carolina
June 2019 - NC established a Computer Science Standard Course of Study. More information to come!
August 1, 2018 News Release that North Carolina has offered $800,000 in Coding and App Development grants to counties across the state.
North Carolina currently has 19,541 open computing jobs (5.2 times the average demand rate in North Carolina). The average salary for a computing occupation in NC is $88,971, which is significantly higher than the average salary in the state ($45,280). The existing open jobs alone represent a $1,738,582,311 opportunity in terms of annual salaries.
Only 95 schools in NC (15% of NC schools with AP programs) offered an AP Computer Science course in 2016-2017 (9% offered AP CS A and 10% offered AP CSP). There are fewer AP exams taken in computer science than in any other STEM subject area. Universities in North Carolina did not graduate a single new teacher prepared to teach computer science in 2016.
August 1, 2018 News Release that North Carolina has offered $800,000 in Coding and App Development grants to counties across the state.
North Carolina currently has 19,541 open computing jobs (5.2 times the average demand rate in North Carolina). The average salary for a computing occupation in NC is $88,971, which is significantly higher than the average salary in the state ($45,280). The existing open jobs alone represent a $1,738,582,311 opportunity in terms of annual salaries.
Only 95 schools in NC (15% of NC schools with AP programs) offered an AP Computer Science course in 2016-2017 (9% offered AP CS A and 10% offered AP CSP). There are fewer AP exams taken in computer science than in any other STEM subject area. Universities in North Carolina did not graduate a single new teacher prepared to teach computer science in 2016.
Code.Org's impact on North Carolina
There are 12,413 teacher accounts and 500,162 student accounts on Code.org in North Carolina. Code.org, its regional partner(s) The Friday Institute, and 9 facilitators have provided professional learning for 2,299 teachers in CS Fundamentals (K-5) , 54 teachers in Exploring Computer Science or Computer Science Discoveries, and 28 teachers in Computer Science Principles in North Carolina.
Why Computer Science in Education?
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