To provide an overview of computer science education in high schools.

• Judith Gal-Ezer and David Harel. 1998. What (else) should CS educators know?. Commun. ACM 41, 9 (September 1998), 77-84. DOI=10.1145/285070.285085
• Gal-Ezer, J. & Stephenson, C. (2009). The Current State of Computer Science in U.S. High Schools: A Report from Two National Surveys. Journal for Computing Teachers, Spring 2009.
• Review teacher interviews.

1. What was computer science education like in your school?
2. Were there both AP and pre-AP courses?
3. What was taught in the pre-AP courses?
4. What was your programming environment like? What tools did you use? Did you only program in a laboratory, or did you also use your own computer?

• Current state of CS education in High Schools

• CS Unplugged activities
• Register for professional development sites (e.g., CSTA)