On Sunday, March 3, 2019,
60 Minutes aired an episode entitled
Cracking the Code which addressed the gender gap in the technology industry. Despite efforts from companies and universities, the number of women majoring in computer science is declining.
Code.org is trying to change that by offering coding lessons to boys and girls as early as kindergarten. Check out the full episode via the link below, which features Hadi Partovi, co-founder of Code.org, as well as Alexis Dixon, a 4th-grade teacher from NY who is integrating coding lessons into her lessons. As shown in the video, teachers do not need to be computer science majors to teach coding--Code.org has a full catalog of courses for students of all ages. Further, teachers can learn how to teach coding with a variety of resources on Code.org's website.
