District Administration – Matt Zalaznick
“Coding instruction begins in elementary school in California’s Compton USD to prepare students to succeed with STEM technology in the ever-changing high-tech job market. “By the time they leave us, the opportunity gap related to brown and African American students is eliminated so they can compete,” Superintendent Darin Brawley says. Grants have allowed Compton USD leaders to create an ed-tech feeder pattern that runs to high school from elementary schools, where specialized coding coaches supplement STEM instruction for the district’s youngest students.” (more)