Julie Flapan, Director of the CS Equity Project, co-wrote an op-ed about the need for diversity in the technology field.
Video: Catching Up with the Parent Project
What’s going on in the Parent Project with Dr. Annamarie Francois and Tunette Powell, Director of the UCLA Parent Project
STEM-Rich Maker Learning
In March 2019, our team hosted Angela Calabrese Barton and Edna Tan at UCLA to share about their most recent book publication entitled STEM-Rich Maker Learning: Designing For Equity With Youth Of Color. If you missed the talk but want to learn more about their important work, check out this video!
Many college students struggle to pass remedial math. Do they need to?
Introduction to Data Science was featured on PBS NewsHour’s Making the Grade segment. By Hari Sreenivasan, PBS NewsHour Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for…
Computer Science for All Stands on the Shoulders of Champions
Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President and CEO of AnitaB.org, shouts out the contribution of many of the community advocates and leaders who have helped lay the foundation and pave the way for the CSforAll movement.
UCLA Researchers Awarded $2M NSF Grant to Improve Equity in Computer Science Education
SCALE-CA grant will provide teacher professional development, build leadership capacity, and contribute to research.
A quiet revolt reshaping the pathway to college – Introduction to Data Science
An article about the Introduction to Data Science course and its exponential growth as an A-G status high school class.
‘Big data’ classes a big hit in California high schools
An article about Center X’s Introduction to Data Science curriculum.
Gov. Brown appoints 15 to new K-12 computer science panel, including Center X’s Julie Flapan
Carolyn Jones, EdSource Gov. Jerry Brown appointed 15 technology and education experts Friday to a newly created panel charged with making recommendations on the implementation of K-12 computer science standards…
Educating for equity and access in computer science
UCLA’s Jane Margolis and Julie Flapan aim to make the next generation of programmers and coders more diverse.