America’s Untapped Opportunity

Hadi Partovi Founder, CEO Atlassian Summit September 10, 2014

The Job/Student Gap

STUDENTS  

2%  

98%  

Computer  Science  Students  

All  other  math  and  science  students  

JOBS  40%  

60%  

Compu4ng  Jobs  

All  other  math  and  science  jobs  

Sources:  College  Board,  Bureau  of  Labor  Sta4s4cs,  Na4onal  Science  Founda4on  

1,000,000 Unfilled Jobs by 2020

 -­‐          200,000      400,000      600,000      800,000    

 1,000,000      1,200,000      1,400,000      1,600,000    

2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020  Sources:  BLS,  NSF,  Bay  Area  Council  Economic  Ins4tute  

400,000  computer  science  graduates  

1,000,000  unfilled  programming  jobs  

$500  billion  opportunity  

Fewer CS majors than 10 years ago (and a shrinking % are women)

Sources:  Na4onal  Science  Founda4on  

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30,000  

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2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012  

Male   Female  

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200,000  

400,000  

600,000  

800,000  

1,000,000  

1,200,000  

History   English   Science   Math   Foreign  Languages   Economics   Art  +  Music   Computer  Science  

Sources:  College  Board  

Exposure  to  CS  leads  to  the  best-­‐paying  jobs  in  the  world.    

But  AP  CS  is  only  available  in  5%  of  high  schools  

Only  15%  of  this  4ny  box  are  girls.  8%  are  African  Americans,  or  Hispanics.    

2012 High School A.P. Enrollment

Technology affects every field

Source:  Dancing  with  Robots  -­‐    Human  Skills  for  Computerized  Work,  Levy  and  Murnane,  2013  

A  growing  need  for  problem-­‐solving  skills,  

across  all  jobs  

Our State laws make it harder

In  27  of  50  states,  CS  doesn’t  even  count  towards  high  school  gradua4on  requirements.*  

*it’s  required  in  UK,  Germany,  China,  Vietnam  

Our Vision:

every school

every student

opportunity

Code.org’s first year §  Produced a viral video that became #1 on YouTube §  Built a coalition of 100+ partners across tech, nonprofit, gov §  Policy changed in 15 states, 3 more on deck (NJ, NY, NV) §  Built 80 hours of tutorials, in 30 languages. §  40 million students tried Hour of Code. §  30K teachers teaching our online course to 1.5M students. §  Partnered with 30 districts to add computer science to the full

curriculum, including 4 of the top 6

Proving use of blended learning §  The holy grail: Learning CAN feel like a game

Proving use of blended learning §  The holy grail: Learning CAN feel like a game §  We can make teacher’s lives MUCH easier

Proving use of blended learning §  The holy grail: Learning CAN feel like a game §  We can make teacher’s lives MUCH easier §  Web-based tutorials significantly reduce IT hassle

Hour of Code 2014 §  Save the date: Dec 8 – 14

§  Already 1 out of ever 3 US students have participated §  2014 Goal: 100 million students

§  We want every school to participate. And non-school participants too (companies, etc)

Beyond one hour: grades K-8 §  Short courses for elementary, middle school

§  Free / open-source “games” on any modern browser §  Video lectures by Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Bosh, Bill Gates §  Free teacher-training workshops nationwide §  Already in 30,000 classrooms, 99% approval by teachers

§  Any district, school, or teacher can participate §  Recruit local teachers please!

Students love FUN, creativity

Beyond one hour: high school §  Code.org district partnership model:

§  Training existing teachers to teach computer science §  All costs covered, free to the schools §  Working only in regions, targeting top-100 school districts

§  Currently in: NYC, Chicago, South Florida, Massachusetts, Seattle, Maryland, Denver

Common questions, concerns §  We’re struggling enough with basic math and reading.. §  If we add anything, what do we remove? §  Isn’t this too hard for my students (or me)? §  Why does everybody need to learn to “code”?

Code.org:

Cool is what we make it

How you can help computer science §  Sign the petition at code.org §  Buy a t-shirt or hat §  Save the date for Hour of Code 2014: Dec 8-14 §  Bring computer science to your elementary school, middle

school, high school: code.org/educate

@codeorg #hourofcode