External Standards of Education

There are many schools, K12, community colleges, 4-year institutions, bootcamps and nonprofit organizations that teach computer science in some format. In collaboration with industry stakeholders, educators, supervisory education organizations, related professional societies and other stakeholders come together to agree on what qualifies as quality CS education at various levels. Each framework is different, but educators and educational organizations aim to align on this shared agreement so that learners can move between different organizations and experiences in an aligned way. Some organizations maintain ISO, International Standards Organization certifications that are checked for quality control across countries. Some of these organizations offer accreditation or some organizations like state governments, use these standards and frameworks to accredit an educational program. Currently, none of Hack the Hood's educational programs are accredited or validated by any of the listed organizations.

At Hack the Hood, our curriculum aligns with three sets of standards/frameworks for CS education:

There are also commonly understood terms in education: trauma-informed, equitable, inclusive and other terms. We have included some text that we have developed for different grants and responses that can be reused.