Bring Computer Science To Your School
with Code.org
Why Computer Science?
Computer Science is foundational all
Students love it! Parents want their children to learn CS
● Students rank CS as their third favorite subject
behind the arts
● CS has climbed to the 4th most popular STEM
major for college-bound students
CS Opens up Future Opportunities
● Recent research shows that CS students
outperform in reading, writing, math, science,
and are more likely to enroll in college
Computing jobs are the best-paying, Over 90% of parents also consider CS equally or
● more important than math, reading, science,
fastest-growing, largest sector of new wages
history or other academic subjects
A Complete CS Solution Supported by Local Organizations
Code.org is a one-stop shop for coding in schools
The Need for Teachers A Complete, Proven
Local Knowledge, Support
Program Work with a local Code.org
Code.org provides a complete CS partner organization that
program combining open source understands your needs and
K-12 curriculum with professional community to bring CS to your
learning, which consistently gets school.
high ratings from teachers.
No Need to Hire Effective in Diverse Districts
There is no need to hire The Code.org program has been
report having no teachers
specialists to teach CS. Our proven effective in major urban
program is uniquely designed to school districts such as L.A. and
with the necessary skills to
support teachers new to CS while Dallas to small rural districts in
teach CS in their school offering the flexibility to evolve Iowa. It is the leading K-12 CS
or district. lessons to fit student needs. curriculum in the U.S.
ESSA Aligned Professional Development
six key criteria
outlined in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Sustained Intensive Collaborative
Code.org’s program begins
The initial workshop engages
The program’s team-based
with an intensive five day
teacher cohorts in roughly 40
learning, peer-networks, and
workshop followed by a set of
hours of structured, focused
online forums allow educators
regularly scheduled follow-up
learning. The curriculum and
to collaborate and learn from
sessions delivered throughout
learning tools are then
each other.
the academic year. reinforced throughout the year.
Job-embedded Data-driven Classroom-focused
The learning program provides
The structured curriculum and
Modeling a student-centered,
educators tools and support
teaching practices are built on
hands-on approach, the
throughout the academic year
research-based foundational
Code.org program equips
and within the course to help
concepts. Continual feedback
educators with actionable and
them navigate the curriculum
data drives personalization and
practical strategies that inform
in their day-to-day teaching. program evolution. daily classroom instruction.
“Teachers and staff on the Code.org forum have helped me come up with projects,
share lessons & assessments, give advice, share incredible student work and
classroom stories, and offer support.”
-Carrie Petti, Rhode Island
Proven Academic Success
Research shows that compared with
similarly-situated schools, a school’s
participation in the Code.org program
caused an estimated five-fold increase in
the number of students that take and earn
qualifying scores on the AP Computer
Science Principles exam. These schools also
saw a ten-fold increase in the number of
Black students that took and earned
qualifying scores on the exam.
Source: Brown, R. (2018). Estimating the Causal Effect of Code.org Teacher Training Program
on Advanced Placement Outcomes. West Coast Analytics.
A Pathway for K-12 Computer Science Curriculum
Middle School High School
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
[AP] Computer Science Principles
More than a traditional introduction to
programming, this higher level course introduces
students to the foundational concepts of
computer science and challenges them to
explore how computing and technology can
impact the world.
[AP] Computer Science A
This curriculum introduces students to software
engineering and object-oriented design while
learning the Java programming language. The
Code.org CSA curriculum is recommended for
students who have completed an introductory
course, such as CS Principles or CS Discoveries.
Computer Science Discoveries
An introductory course that empowers students to engage
with computer science as a medium for creativity,
communication, problem solving, and fun. The curriculum
can be taught as a semester or full-year course.
Elementary School
K 1 2 3 4 5
Designed to be fun and engaging, Code.org’s progression of Computer
Science Fundamentals courses blend online and "unplugged"
non-computer activities to teach students computational thinking,
problem solving, programming concepts and digital citizenship.
“There is just enough structure to help students be successful CS learners while being
given the opportunity to be creative and have choice about their learning.”
-Cheryl Angel, Ohio
