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Fewer high school students taking computer science classes – Help Reform Computer Science Education (And Win a Trip To Australia!)

Stephenson said computer science classes might be an unintentional casualty in the push to increase academic standards. Computer science is not considered a core subject by the No Child Left Behind law, which influences school priorities and budgets.

Nationally, the portion of schools that offer an introductory computer science course has dropped from 78 percent in 2005 to 65 percent this year, and the corresponding decline in AP courses went from 40 to 27 percent, according to a survey by the Computer Science Teachers Association.

In the spring, the College Board, citing declining enrollment, canceled its AP computer science AB class, the more rigorous of its two courses in the subject.

By Michael Alison Chandler
Washington Post Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/20/AR2009122002477.html?wpisrc=nl_tech

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Nerdiness Turns Women Off to Computer Science

Stereotypically nerdy, masculine environments can discourage women from entering this field.

By Robert Lamb

Movies are full of scenarios in which one of the cool kids helps the class nerd win the girl of his dreams, usually by convincing him to change his style.

Now a new study makes a similar recommendation to college computer-science programs: Tidy up that nerdy, masculine image if you want more females in the classroom.

Full Story: http://news.discovery.com/human/nerds-women-computer-science.html

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