Google for Education: Accelerating CS Education in Local Communities: The Stats by State

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Nationally, 9 in 10 parents want their children to learn computer science (CS) but only a quarter of principals report offering CS with programming in their schools.

Source: Google for Education: Accelerating CS Education in Local Communities: The Stats by State

Computer Science is the study of what computers can do. Programming may be a component of computer science, but teaching programming is not teaching computer science.

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