By Bianca Vázquez Toness, WGBH
Massachusetts education officials recognized that students need a more sophisticated understanding of computer science than they’ve been getting. They changed the standards to emphasize teaching kids to create technology rather than just use it. But, according to our analysis, only about one percent of students in the state are taking a computer class that meets most of those recommendations. That leads some educators to worry that public schools aren’t preparing students for the tech jobs here.
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