Abstract

Since long before President Obama's call for "Computer Science for All" (#CSforAll) in January 2016, momentum has been building to bring computing education to more people, and to be inclusive and equitable in these efforts. But now seems to be a key turning point, where many more people are searching for ways to bring computing to K-12 and to help students in all fields learn about computational thinking. And the community is growing to meet the demand. The IEEE Special Technical Community on Broadening Participation has over 300 members, and has held two annual RESPECT conferences publishing 27 papers along with posters and lightning talks since 2015. One in five accepted SIGCSE 2017 papers focuses on broadening participation.

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