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The School District of Philadelphia is the eighth largest school district in the nation, with more than 203,000 students.

Northeast High School is the largest school in Philadelphia, a neighborhood school with a highly diverse student population of 3,467 students.

Established in 2017, the mission of CS4Philly is "Equity and access to high-quality computer science (CS) education for Philadelphia's children and youth." In March 2018, CS4Philly became a member of the CSforALL consortium, the first CSforALL initiative established in the state of Pennsylvania. CS4Philly is comprised of a group of local and regional STEM stakeholders, including universities, K-12 teachers and administrators, nonprofits, and government offices.

By increasing collaboration, identifying gaps in resources and enhancing the quality of STEM education, the Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem promotes just and equitable access to STEM opportunities for all children and youth.

CSTA Philly is the Philadelphia-area chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association. Promotes CS education, offers a forum for the exchange of curriculum ideas, and collaboration among and between educators in secondary schools and universities, so as to help fuel continued improvement in the teaching of Computer Science.

SageFox is a lead research partner on several NSF projects. All of our research efforts are based on values of collaboration, transparency and meaningful contribution to the education community. Projects to date have focused on retrospective studies to uncover the long-term impacts of programs, aggregating knowledge across programs and/or states and understanding emerging needs in STEM education.

The STARS Computing Corps is a national alliance with a mission to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in computing within institutions of higher education. In particular, STARS aims to increase computing persistence and promote career advancement for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty, with a focus on addressing systemic and social barriers faced by those from underrepresented groups in computing.

Working with the Bureau of Special Education (BSE), Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), PaTTAN provides a full array of professional development and technical assistance targeted to improving student results. This professional development and technical assistance takes many forms in order to meet the varied needs of PaTTAN’s constituents. Week-long summer institutes, ongoing professional development series, webinars, on-site assistance, and individual student or teacher supports are some of the means by which PaTTAN provides support to schools.

Codio is "the all-in-one learning platform that offers unparalleled control over the delivery of your computer science courses." Its mission is "to make high-quality Computer Science education accessible to learners around the world." Codio provides free access to its materials for computer science teachers and students in the School District of Philadelphia.

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