tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post6859110447112431969..comments2024-03-27T15:13:24.764-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: Supply and Demand in Computer Science EducationAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-10645144349595974272019-02-04T12:48:52.439-05:002019-02-04T12:48:52.439-05:00This is sort of the chicken or the egg problem. T...This is sort of the chicken or the egg problem. There are very few full time high school CS positions so universities are reluctant to offer or build CS Ed programs. Since there are almost no CS Ed programs there are very few high school CS teachers even if a high school wanted to offer a CS program. And why would anyone want to go into CS Ed in the first place when they could go into CS and make a lot more money? And besides, as one education professor (he is the department chair) from my local university pointed out, CS is a technical skill after all and should be taught at a vo-tech college. (At this point I called him an idiot. Probably a mistake on my part. I get frustrated at education professors who do nothing but read research and have not been in a K-12 classroom in 30 years except to "observe". Idiots.)Garthnoreply@blogger.com