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Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science
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Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but it remains marginalized throughout K-12 education.
13 states have adopted a policy to give all high school students access to CS courses (and of those, only 5 states give all K-12 students access) 557,903 Open computing jobs nationwide 49,291 Computer science students graduated into the workforce last yearSources: The Conference Board and National Center for Education Statistics. More info.
Tools to help you advocate locally
Letter to teacher or principal
Sample text to explain the importance of computer science to teachers and administrators
Letter to local elected official
Sample text to explain the importance of computer science to governors, members of state legislature, or school board member
Making computer science fundamental
Recommended policy ideas for states to make computer science central to K-12 education
Why computer science in K-12
Generic presentation to convince your school, district or state that computer science is important to teach in grades K-12
Open letter supporting CS
A letter from business leaders, governors, K-12 leaders, and education & nonprofit leaders declaring support for CS education
Policy development resources
State Computer Science Planning Toolkit
A guide for state teams creating strategic plans for implementing K-12 computer science
Teacher Pathway Recommendations
Recommendations for CS teacher certification and preservice teacher preparation.
Code.org Advocacy Coalition
Find out about this bipartisan coalition working on state and federal CS policy
Make your own advocacy materials
This page contains statistics and resources to assist in creation of advocacy materials, including our popular blog posts and outside resources
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Steve Jobs on Computer Science
Anybody Can Learn
President Obama Asks All Students to Learn Computer Science
Chris Bosh on Computer Science
Karlie Kloss on Computer Science
The Hour of Code - Worldwide
Leaders and trendsetters agree more students should learn computer science
Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Every girl deserves to take part in creating the technology that will change our world, and change who runs it.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister, Canada
Every job we're going to do in the future will rely on technology and be benefited if you are powerful users of the technology that surrounds us.
Bill Gates
Co-Chairman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Co-Founder, Microsoft
Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains.
Sheryl Sandberg
Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
An understanding of computer science is becoming increasingly essential in today’s world. Our national competitiveness depends upon our ability to educate our children—and that includes our girls—in this critical field.
Chris Bosh
NBA All-Star, Miami Heat
Coding is very important when you think about the future, where everything is going. With more phones and tablets and computers being made, and more people having access to every thing and information being shared, I think it's very important to be able to learn the language of coding and programming.
Karlie Kloss
Model and Founder, Kode with Klossy Scholarship
I quickly came to understand that code is a superpower every young woman should be able to access. Understanding that code is the underlying (and invisible) framework of tech means that we do not have to be passive bystanders in our ever-changing digital world.
