The computer and mathematical occupations will be the ones with the largest ten-year growth. However, Louisiana ranks last with only 16% of public schools teaching Computer Science/Computational Thinking.
To address this huge need to train the future workforce on computing careers, EBRPSS and LSU have formed a Research Practitioner Partnership to design, study and support a 7th to 10th computing track including 4 courses:
- 7th grade: Computing Everywhere (1 semester)
- 8th grade: Survey of Computer Science (2 sem.)
- 9th grade: Intro to Computational Thinking (2 sem.)
- 10th grade:
- Data Manipulation & Analysis, OR
- Programming for STEM
These courses are part of several LSU STEM Pathways.
