Help students develop critical thinking skills and the resilience required to persist in solving problems.
Create a foundation for different opportunities in their future education and careers.
Promote collaboration, curiosity, and communication.
Being a citizen in a highly digital world requires an understanding of what makes the digital world work.
MN ranks 50th in access to CS for high school students
Continued lack of diversity in the CS field
A projected 1.2 million CS jobs that won't be filled by 2026
Exposing students to CS at all grade levels and creating a passion or interest will help to solve the lack of diversity in the CS field and employees for CS jobs
Ever increasing and expanding technologies will require students to have a strong understanding of how technology works, not simply how to use it.