52% of NY high school students attend a school that offers CS, but only 4.8% of students are enrolled in a foundational CS course
Black/African American students are 1.3 times less likely than their white and Asian peers to attend a school that offers CS
Only 33% of students enrolled in computer science courses are female
Only 45% of schools in rural areas and 45% of schools in urban areas offer computer science, compared to 79% in suburban areas.
Just 52% of NY high schools offer foundational CS compared to over 75% in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Only 561 schools in NY (40% of NY schools with AP programs) offered an AP Computer Science course in 2019-2020
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Join CSForNY at the 2024 NYSCATE Annual Conference at Turning Stone in Verona, NY.
The CSForNY Coalition will be hosting a full schedule of sessions in the Shenendoah Clubhouse with CS speakers, panels, playgrounds, keynotes, NYSED updates, and a raffle for attendees.
All NYSCATE attendees are welcome to join!