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Why computer science doesn't matter

Published: 01 July 2009 Publication History

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Aligning computer science with high school mathematics can help turn it into an essential subject for all students.

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College Board. AP: Exam Grades: Summary Reports: 2007; http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/exgrd_sum/2007.html.
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College Board. Important Announcement about AP Computer Science AB: Important Change for the 2009--2010 Academic Year; http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/195948.html.
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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 52, Issue 7
Barbara Liskov: ACM's A.M. Turing Award Winner
July 2009
141 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1538788
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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 01 July 2009
Published in CACM Volume 52, Issue 7

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