Coding and CS Fluency Is It For All and Whats the Best Way to Teach It?

Driven by the clear fact today that  jobs requiring computer science mastery are in high demand at high value, “CS for All” has become a rallying cry. This group of esteemed academics and entrepreneurs will debate the role of CS in K12 curriculum, the question of whether it is “crowding out” other important learnings and whether long term demand is there.

Moderator: Michael Smith, Former Dean of the Faculty  of Arts and Sciences and CS Professor, Harvard University

Panelists/Participants

Grant Hosford, CEO & Co-founder, codeSpark

Colleen Lewis, Associate Professor of Computer Science,  Harvey Mudd College

Beth Simon, Teaching Professor, UC San Diego

Kamau Bobb, Senior Director, Constellations Center for Equity in Computing, Georgia Tech