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早期参与计算机科学高中（PEECS-HS）计划的伙伴关系。 该项目与霍华德大学、华盛顿，华盛顿特区公立学校（DCPS）和谷歌公司合作。在DCPS高中开设一门名为“计算机科学入门”的新课程。该课程将采用并扩展最初在洛杉矶联合学区（LAUSD）试点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基础知识的基本能力，并保持对CS的积极看法。此外，该计划将产生一个关于移动的应用程序开发的新单元，该单元将被添加到一般的探索计算机科学课程中。PEECS-HS将准备在职和职前DCPS教师教新课程。为了可持续发展，PEECS-HS将准备在职教师领导未来的CS专业发展课程介绍。与许多城市学区一样，DCPS主要是非洲裔美国人，这是美国计算劳动力的一个重要但经常被忽视的组成部分。 这些学生中的许多人退出或从未进入计算管道，部分原因是他们经常认为计算机科学是无聊的，与他们的兴趣无关。CS介绍旨在改变这些误解。使探索计算机科学模型适应这种环境将进一步深入了解吸引和留住城市环境中代表性不足的学生的机制。

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.