New York City unveils computer science program to teach coding in more than 200
Source: De Blasio
City schools boss Carmen Fariña unveiled plans for new computer science programs in 207 city schools on a Wednesday morning visit to the Brooklyn Arbor School in Williamsburg, where fourth graders already learn the basics of coding in a computer science class.
The new classes will kick off in September and are part of Mayor de Blasio’s Computer Science for All initiative announced in September 2015, Fariña said.
“This gives us an opportunity to bring the real world into the classroom, in a way that’s exciting," Fariña said. “What I would love to see eventually is the kids doing their own programming.”
Within a decade, the city hopes to have all schools offering computer science classes to every student. (Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News)
De Blasio said in September that within 10 years all of the city's public schools will be required to offer computer science classes to every student.
The new programs coming to schools in September will include advanced placement classes in computer science for high schools, three-year software engineering course sequences for middle school kids and a new pilot for elementary schools to integrate computer science topics throughout the year into lessons for every grade.
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