The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the highest performing large, urban school district in the state of California, educating over 57,000 students every year. The mission of the San Francisco Unified School District is to provide each student with an equal opportunity to succeed by promoting intellectual growth, creativity, self-discipline, cultural and linguistic sensitivity, democratic responsibility, economic competence, and physical and mental health so that each student can achieve his or her maximum potential. In 2013-14, the San Francisco community developed an ambitious new vision for public education in the city, to articulate how its schools must adapt to prepare students to live, thrive, and succeed in our 21st century world. Included in this vision was the expectation that all students would develop a fluency in computer science. In June 2015, the San Francisco Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution to expand computer science education to all schools and all students, beginning in pre-kindergarten and extending through twelfth grade. This resolution states that all students will learn computer science every year through eighth grade, and they will have expansive elective opportunities in high school. By beginning in the earliest grades and with all children, the district seeks to normalize a discipline that has been long dominated by a selective group of the population. As it exposes all students to engaging, culturally relevant, and high-quality computer science instruction, more will choose to continue pursuing computer science education, and these students will represent the district’s diverse student population.
student:
10,000 to 100,000
