Kicking off ‘Computer Science for All,’ City Will Add AP Classes, Software Programs (NY Chalkbeat)

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New York City’s plan to provide a computer science education to its 1.1 million students will kick off next year in at least 50 schools, which will offer an Advanced Placement-level class or a software engineering program for the first time. Starting this month, schools can apply to offer the "The Beauty and Joy of Computing," a one-year course for high schoolers, or a multi-year software engineering program. The programs, which already exist in a few dozen schools across the city, represent the first steps in a larger plan that officials say they will be working on for at least a year.

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