Margolis, Jane.

Stuck in the Shallow End : Education, Race, and Computing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (216 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 An Unlikely Metaphor -- 2 Technology Rich, But Curriculum Poor -- 3 Normalizing the Racial Divide in High School Computer Science -- 4 Claimed Spaces -- 5 Teachers as Potential Change Agents -- 6 Technology Policy Illusions -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Notes -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.

An investigation into why so few African American and Latinx high school students are studying computer science reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools.

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Children of minorities-Education (Secondary)-United States.
Computer science-Study and teaching (Secondary)-United States.
Digital divide-United States.


Electronic books.

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