The RPPforCS project connects the teams through virtual meetings (webinars), in-person meetings, and meetings of the R-EWG. Here you will find information about the participating grant teams, project activities, and resources from the project.
Searchable RPP Database and Maps
This database allows you to search through our existing community of projects on a range of characteristics. You can use this resource to find people who are geographically close to you, working on a similar problem of practice, working with a similar student or teacher population, and more!
The first map of the embedded “RPPforCS Projects Map”, "Projects by Research Team" shows the dispersion of project PIs across the country. The second map, "Projects by Implementation Location" demonstrates the distribution of projects by the proposed state of implementation. The “RPPforCS District Maps” insert provides a map of US school districts within which one or more NSF: CSforAll RPPs are operating, as well as tables of demographic data for these districts. All of these maps have a set of demographic data associated with projects and/or locations that can be filtered upon.
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RPP Project Database
The RPPforCS searchable database allows you to search through our existing community of projects on a range of characteristics. You can use this resource to find people who are geographically close to you, working on a similar problem of practice, working with a similar student or teacher population, and more! The database will automatically update itself with your chosen filters shortly after selecting them.
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If you are looking for potential BPC partners, then you may find the following filters the most useful:
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The “District Population” filters allow you to search for projects by the populations of the districts that they are known to be operating in. Note that these are not necessarily the target population, but may provide insight into the environment that a project is operating in.
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The “Urban/Rural Class” filter allows you to search for projects by the US Census designation of projects’ district partners.
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The “Keywords” filter allows you to search for projects by key areas of focus, such as pathways programs or PD delivery.
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The “State of Implementation” filter allows you to search for projects by state. Only states with at least one project are listed.
SCALE-CS
University of California
Jane Margolis
The University of California, Los Angeles proposes a project that will create a NIC to scale teacher professional development, build the capacity of education leaders for local implementation, and contribute to the research base on expanding equity-minded CS teaching and learning opportunities across the state.
CS for Appalachia
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Lynn Hodge
This project address the CS education needs of students in East Tennessee Appalachia by providing teacher professional development around CS strategies that are responsive to students and their communities. This will address challenges in teaching CS such as access to professional learning for teachers and technical infrastructure.
CS4MS NIC
Mississippi State University
Leanne Long
Mississippi State University proposes a research practitioner partnership structured as a network improvement community, called CS4MS NIC: Growing Teacher Competency and Capacity, which aims to build sustainable professional development to support the long-term success of secondary computer science education in Mississippi.
GigCity CS4All
University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Jennifer Ellis
This RPP will develop a PreK-14 CS pathway that integrates ongoing initiatives and best practices already in place in districts across the nation. The project team will implement a small pilot of the program, refine the program, and create a scalable implementation plan that broadens the participation of underrepresented rural CS students.
CS4SF
San Francisco Unified School District; San Francisco State University
Irene Nolan
San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Unified School District propose an RPP to address the lack of qualified high school CS teachers and the lack of diversity among high school students in CS courses through the use of professional development courses, undergraduate teaching assistants, and a learning community.
CAPS
George Tech Research Corporation
Kamau Bobb
This project is an effort to address computing equity in Atlanta Public Schools by expanding the number of course offerings to include quality high school CS courses using a hybrid instructional model where the specialized subject content is delivered on-line and teacher expertise as facilitator and student guide is maximized.
RPPforCS Project Maps
The first tab, "Projects by Research Team" shows the dispersion of NSF: CSforAll RPPs across the country. By toggling the filters on the right-hand side of the map you can filter the view by which Grade Band a project is targeting as well as the type of curriculum that the projects will be using. Note that points are staggered to allow overlapping projects to be visible.
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The second tab, "Impact Area" demonstrates the distribution of NSF: CSforAll RPPs by the proposed state of implementation. As with the first map you can filter down by Grade Band and Curriculum Used. Mousing over or clicking on a state will display all grade bands being targeted by RPPs in that state, all curricula being used by RPPs in that state, and a list of all projects operating in that state.
RPPforCS District Maps
This set of maps details the districts that NSF: CSforAll RPPs are known to be partnered with and the overall demographics of students in those districts. These demographics do not necessarily represent the specific student subgroups (if any) being targeted by NSF: CSforAll RPPs, however. It should also be noted that projects will frequently only work directly with a subset of schools within a district, and a project's presence in a district on this map does not imply that they are working with every school in a given district.
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All of these tabs can be filtered by searching for a project's name, by state, or by districts' urban/rural status as defined by the US Census.
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The first tab "RPPforCS Continental District Map" displays all known public school districts partnered with one or more NSF: CSforAll RPPs.
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The second and third tabs "District Race/Ethnicity Demographics vs. State Demographics" and "District Race/Ethnicity Demographics vs. National Demographics" provide details for each RPP-partnered school district's student demographics compared to their state or national student demographics, respectively. They also provide information on which projects are operating in each district. The "Examine by" drop-down menu in the top right of each tab can be used to select what demographic group to display data for.
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The last tab "Other Demographic Information" shows district-level student data for the percentage of students eligible for free/reduced lunch as well as the percentage of those who are English as a second language/limited English proficiency students. Any blank rows indicate that there is currently no data for a given district.