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This report aims to offer new insights into the growing demand for data science skills across the American workforce and to raise awareness of the importance of building these skills into the K-12 curriculum. It is only by ensuring that everyone graduates high school with at least basic fluency in data science that we can create a future in which workers have access to good jobs that offer economic stability and mobility, in which states can attract and retain the most innovative and industrious employers, and in which the nation can preserve its standing as a global economic powerhouse.
Data science equips students with the introductory skills and problem-solving that are necessary to collect, analyze, interpret, model, and visualize data. In K-12 education, data science focuses on the systematic processes, analytical techniques, and use of appropriate technologies to gain knowledge from data. Data science draws upon tools and methods in areas such as mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
Model policy for states seeking to incorporate data science into K-12 education.