Dive Brief:

• On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all the city's public schools would be required to offer computer science courses to all students by 2025.
• Currently, only 1% of students within the city receive computer science instruction; under 10% of schools offer it.
• In order to reach that goal, New York education officials estimate that they’ll have to spend $81 million over the next decade and train 5,000 teachers.

Dive Insight:

New York is the third city to recently announce its intent to drastically expand computer science access. San Francisco made a similar announcement last month, stating its intentions to offer computer science from kindergarten through 12th grade. Chicago has made computer science a high school graduation requirement.

The moves come as the extent of the tech industry's projected growth — and the dearth of well-prepared students — becomes clear. According to The New York Times, just 6% of high schools are certified to offer the college-level Advanced Placement computer science course.