Computing and data increasingly shape civic life and the workforce—while efforts to expand learning in these areas have grown, opportunities to participate are unevenly distributed and lack coherence across grades and subjects.
On March 12, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a webinar on a new consensus study report on data and computing in K-12 education. The report identifies seven foundational competencies that underpin fields such as data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer science. It also offers guidance for integrating these competencies into K-12 education in ways that strengthen core mathematics and science learning.
During this one-hour event, members of the study committee presented the report’s key findings and recommendations and discussed implications for education policy, curriculum design, and teacher preparation. Watch the recording.