Currently, only 2 in 5 US schools offer classes that teach students to code.1 Almost every industry needs more computer scientists, and yet the gap between jobs and qualifed workers is widening. Within the next 4 years there will be over 1 million unfilled computer science jobs.
In elementary school, boys and girls show equal enthusiasm towards computer science.2 By high school, only 22% of AP Computer Science test-takers are women and only 13% are under-represented minorities.3 Women and under-represented minorities are nearly 10 times more likely to major in computer science when they've had it in K-12.4
