Developing Inclusive K-12 Computing Pathways for the League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise Global将与创新学校联盟（League of Innovative Schools）合作，为K-12学生设计、调查和改进包容性计算途径。大多数州已经颁布了计算机科学的规定，许多地区已经开始将计算机科学和计算思维整合到他们的课程中。但各学区面临的障碍导致代表性不足的学生参与度较低。创新学校联盟与33个州的93个学区建立了长期的合作关系，为300多万名学生提供服务。在此基础上，创新学校联盟发起了一项研究-实践伙伴关系，旨在为计算机科学和计算思维设计连贯的课程进展，并有意强调获取和公平。研究人员与创新学校联盟（League of Innovative Schools）的三个核心学区联合起来，重点关注这些学区的西班牙裔和非裔美国学生、第一名门学校，以及更普遍的女孩和低收入家庭的学生。这些学生需要有意设计的途径和支持，以增加他们对计算思维和计算机科学的参与。该项目将解决三个研究问题，每个问题都侧重于获取和公平。由于计算机科学计划在各州和地区的迅速扩展，本项目的产出——包括(a)每个地区完成的途径和资源（解决获取和公平的“为什么”和“如何”），(b)用于在快速循环中收集和分析公平数据的研究工具和过程，(c)关于如何建立解决接入和公平挑战的计算途径的案例研究和建议——预计将广泛有用。该项目将直接服务于3个核心地区的5万名学生（29%来自低收入家庭，26%来自黑人或拉丁裔）。为了扩大更广泛的影响，该项目将涉及另外9个知识共享区（91,000名学生，53%来自低收入家庭，41%来自黑人或拉丁裔）。结果将通过数字承诺全球的既定实践和渠道广泛传播，包括短视频、社交媒体、网络研讨会和研讨会，覆盖4000多所学校和10,000多名教育工作者。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Digital Promise Global will join with the League of Innovative Schools to design, investigate and improve inclusive computing pathways for K-12 students. Most states have enacted computer science mandates and many districts have started to integrate computer science and computational thinking into their curriculum. But districts face obstacles that result in low participation of underrepresented students. Building on its ongoing, long-term relationships with the 93 districts in 33 states serving more than 3 million students, the League of Innovative Schools has launched a Researcher-Practitioner Partnership to design coherent curricular progressions for computer science and computational thinking with an intentional emphasis on access and equity. Researchers join with three Core districts in the League of Innovative Schools to focus on districts' Hispanic and African American students, Title 1 schools and, more generally, their girls and low-income students. These students need intentionally designed pathways and supports to increase their participation in computational thinking and computer science.The project will address three research questions, each with a deliberate focus on access and equity. Due to the rapid expansion of computer science initiatives across states and districts, the outputs of this project -- including (a) each district's completed pathway and resources (addressing both the "why" and "how" for access and equity), (b) the research instruments and processes used to collect and analyze equity data in rapid cycles, and (c) case studies and recommendations on how to build computing pathways that address challenges of access and equity -- are expected to be broadly useful. The project will directly serve 3 Core districts with 50,000 students (29% low income, 26% Black or Latinx). To increase broader impacts, this project will involve an additional 9 Knowledge Sharing districts (91,000 students 53% low income, 41% Black or Latinx). Results will be disseminated widely by engaging Digital Promise Global's established practices and channels including short videos, social media, webinars, and workshops, with an established reach of over 4000 schools and 10,000 educators.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.