CS 10K: The Partnership for Early Engagement in Computer Science High School (PEECS-HS) Program: Exposing Students to Computer Science in Washington, DC Public Schools

霍华德大学系统和计算机科学系提出了计算机科学高中早期参与伙伴计划(PEECS-HS)。该计划与霍华德大学、华盛顿特区公立学校(DCPS)和谷歌公司合作，在DCPS高中引入一门名为“计算机科学(CS)入门”的新课程。该课程将采用并扩展最初在洛杉矶联合学区(LAU.S.)试行的探索计算机科学课程。PEECS-HS将向学生介绍CS的广泛机会，并允许他们发展CS基础的基本能力，并保持对CS的积极看法。此外，该计划将产生一个新的移动应用程序开发单元，该单元将被添加到普通探索计算机科学课程中。香港幼稚园将培训在职及职前的教师教授新课程。为了可持续发展，该中心将培训在职教师，带领他们参加未来的CS专业发展课程。与许多城市学区一样，DCP主要是非裔美国人，这是美国计算劳动力中一个重要但往往被忽视的组成部分。这些学生中的许多人退出或永远不会进入计算管道，部分原因是他们经常认为CS乏味，与他们的兴趣无关。CS导论旨在改变这些误解。使探索计算机科学模型适应这种环境，将进一步深入了解在城市环境中吸引和留住来自代表性不足人群的学生的机制。

The Howard University Department of Systems and Computer Science proposes the Partnership for Early Engagement in Computer Science High School (PEECS-HS) program. This program partners Howard University with Washington, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and Google, Inc. to introduce a new course titled "Introduction to Computer Science (CS)" across DCPS high schools. The course will adopt and extend the Exploring Computer Science curriculum, originally piloted in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). PEECS-HS will introduce students to the broad range of opportunities in CS, and allow them to develop basic competencies in CS fundamentals, and maintain a positive perception of CS. In addition, the program will produce a new unit on Mobile Application Development, which will be added to the general Exploring Computer Science curriculum. PEECS-HS will prepare in-service and pre-service DCPS teachers to teach the new curriculum. For sustainability, PEECS-HS will prepare in-service teachers to lead future Introduction to CS professional development sessions. As with many urban school districts, DCPS is predominately African-American, an important but often overlooked, component of the U.S. computing workforce. Many of these students exit or never enter the computing pipeline, in part because they often see CS as boring and unrelated to their interests. Introduction to CS aims to change those misperceptions. Adapting the Exploring Computer Science model to this environment will give further insight into mechanisms for attracting and retaining students from underrepresented populations in urban environments.