Ramping Up to CS for All: Broadening Participation Through Equity-Focused Leadership

EasyChair Preprint no. 10557

Abstract

Despite the commitment of educators, policymakers and industry leaders, the goal of broadening participation in CS to students who have been historically underrepresented and excluded remains elusive. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 41 administrators and teachers across 20 elementary, middle and high schools in a large urban district with a CS for All initiative, we build on prior work by examining how normative, political and technical barriers vary across schools offering CS through different implementation models. We also examine promising equity-focused leadership strategies aimed at overcoming these barriers.

Keyphrases: broadening participation, Computer Science for All, Equity, K-12 instruction, Leadership

@Booklet{EasyChair:10557,
  author = {Kathryn Hill and Edgar Rivera-Cash and Marlee Tavlin},
  title = {Ramping Up to CS for All: Broadening Participation Through Equity-Focused Leadership},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 10557},

  year = {EasyChair, 2023}}