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Standardized Tests Blamed, Asian Students Ignored In Google-Gallup K-12 CS Study
theodp writes: According to a study released Thursday by Google and Gallup, standardized tests may be holding back the next generation of computer programmers. The Google-Gallup Searching for Computer Science: Access and Barriers in U.S. K-12 Education report (PDF) found that the main reason given by a "comprehensive but not representative" sample of 9,693 K-12 principals and 1,865 school district superintendents in the U.S. for their schools not offering computer science "is the limited time they have to devote to classes that are not tied to testing requirements." Which makes one wonder if Google now views Bill Gates as part of the problem and/or part of the solution of K-12 CS education. The Google-Gallup report also explores race/ethnicity differences to access and learning opportunities among White, Black and Hispanic students — but not Asian students — a curious omission considering that Google's own Diversity Disclosure shows that 35% of its U.S. tech workforce is Asian, making it by far the most overrepresented race/ethnicity group at Google when compared to the U.S. K-12 public school population. Which raises the question: Why would the Google-Gallup study ignore the access and learning opportunities of the race/ethnicity subgroup that has enjoyed the greatest success at Google? Not unsurprisingly, the Google-Gallup report winds up by concluding that what U.S. K-12 education really needs is more CS cowbell.
will fund their agendas, not the school district's.
It ruins the narrative if you include them.
Because in the name of "equality", your gender and skin color matter more than your technical ability.
My son likes to read science books. My daughter likes to read trashy novels with shirtless guys on the cover. The schools are fine with either.
In postmodern America, reading trashy novels with bare chested men on teh cover is the exact equivalent of readng science books.
Literary porn is still porn.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
Literary porn is still porn.
Sure, but it is also literature, while photographic porn is anatomy. If a girl can improve her reading comprehension and strengthen her vocabulary by reading trashy novels, that that is a good thing.
Admitting that any identity political issue is more complicated than cishet white men ruining everything is heresy.
Right. Like the BASIC programming language that I learned in senior high school is relevant in the job marketplace today. Whatever these students allegedly learn about "computer science" in K-12 will be obsolete before the ink on their "job-ready diploma" from Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, et. al. diploma is dry.
Teaching you BASIC taught you how to learn programming languages. High School is not there to teach you a trade, even College is not there to teach you a trade. A College diploma is a license to learn. But if they taught you one programming language it will be all the easier to pick up the next one.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.
You don't get to claim discrimination when you're winning.
You're not winning when you represent 77.7% of the population, but only 60% representation at Google. Not that I am complaining. I say screw quotas and hire the best person for the job.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.
Let us be fair here --- if stereotyping the blacks and/or the Hispanics has become a serious social offense, why is stereotyping the Asians still permissible?
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
Back in 1992 the "White Men Can't Jump" movie ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01... ) was made and all was cool
Will it be as cool to make "Black Men Can't Code" and/or "Women Can't Program" movies in today;s climate?
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !