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I recently wrote to the Ontario Ministry of Education to obtain female and male enrollment information for Ontario’s high school Computer Studies courses1.
Considering the number of Computer Science (CS) initiatives in K-12 education and the desire to ensure equity within these initiatives, educators, policy makers and researchers should be considering these numbers in an effort to uncover the causes and impact of the profound under-representation of females in high school CS.
I have shared the enrollment numbers below, but before scrolling down, I would encourage readers to first explore some research and perspectives surrounding gender and computer science enrollment. It is a complex issue that includes a number of influences spanning economical, historical, political, psychological, and social domains.
