To address tech’s diversity woes, start with the vanishing Computer Science classroom

[Commentary] The number of schools offering AP Computer Science has dropped 35% in recent years. Today, despite clear real-world relevance, the subject is more often viewed as an elective, a club, or an after-school activity than as a core subject. The message seems to be that not everyone needs to know about computers. And that may be one of the reasons why computer science still has such a diversity problem.