CS10K: Priming the PUMP - Preparing Urban Milwaukee for Principles of Computer Science

马奎特大学提出了一个PUMP-CS项目（为密尔沃基城市的计算机科学原理做准备），该项目将在2020年之前在密尔沃基所有高中提供AP CS原理（CSP）课程。在计算机科学（CS）在K-12前所未有的兴趣的时候，威斯康星州看到越来越多的分层访问CS。拥有计算机科学课程的资源丰富的学校正在迅速扩大课程，以匹配入学人数。资源不足的学校没有计算机科学，或者由于稀缺的、合格的计算机科学教师被抽离到郊区，他们获得计算机科学的机会越来越少。威斯康星州500多所公立高中中，只有不到7%的学校提供AP CS课程，而在该州最大的市区，30所高中中没有一所开设AP CS课程。在该州最大的20所大学校园中，只有两所拥有计算机科学教师教育项目。如果这种分层现象在未来十年继续下去，那么威斯康星州空前数量的高中生——其中不成比例的比例来自代表性不足的群体——将无法获得计算机科学课程。2014年，该团队启动了一个为期三年的CS10K项目，旨在向全州的高中介绍探索计算机科学（ECS）。到目前为止，有26个学区增加了ECS，其中包括密尔沃基最大的7所学校。在过去的三个学期里，超过1300名学生参加了ECS课程，其中大多数人之前没有CS课程的选择。PUMP-CS项目旨在通过创建多轨道专业发展（PD）序列来扩展这一工作，以认可教师（无论先前是否具有cs特定知识）教授ECS或AP CSP。第一个轨道准备在职教师领导ECS，整合了基于探究和公平的教学法，传达坚实的CS内容，同时吸引比传统CS产品更多样化的学生群体。第二种途径使在职教师能够在其初级证书上增加cs特定背书，同时继续推动教学改革。第三个轨道为中学教师、小学教师和课后项目促进者提供支持性专业发展。

Marquette University proposes a the PUMP-CS project, (Preparing Urban Milwaukee for Principles of Computer Science,) which will provide access to the AP CS Principles (CSP) course at all Milwaukee high schools by 2020. At a time of unprecedented interest in computer science (CS) in K-12, Wisconsin sees an increasing stratification of access to CS. High-resourced schools, with CS curricula in place, are rapidly expanding offerings to match enrollment. Under-resourced schools have zero CS, or are seeing meager access diminished as scarce, qualified CS teachers are drained away to the suburbs. Less than 7% of Wisconsin's 500+ public high schools offer AP CS courses, and none of the 30 high schools in their largest urban district have any AP CS courses. Only two of the state's twenty largest college campuses have a CS teacher education program. If this stratification continues in the coming decade, an unprecedented number of Wisconsin high school students -- a disproportionate number of them from underrepresented groups -- will have no access to CS.In 2014, this team launched a three-year CS10K project that aimed to introduce Exploring Computer Science (ECS) in high schools across the state. To date, 26 school districts have added ECS, including 7 of the largest schools in Milwaukee. Over 1,300 students have had access to ECS in the last three terms, most having no prior CS options. The PUMP-CS Project aims to extend that work by creating a multi-track professional development (PD) sequence for endorsing teachers--regardless of prior CS-specific knowledge--to teach either ECS or AP CSP. The first track prepares in-service teachers to lead ECS, integrating an inquiry- and equity-based pedagogy to convey solid CS content while appealing to a more diverse student population than traditional CS offerings. The second track enables in-service teachers to add a CS-specific endorsement to their primary certification, while continuing to promote pedagogical reform. A third track provides supporting professional development for middle school teachers, elementary school teachers, and after school program facilitators.