Commission on Computer Science and Information Technology
Commission on Computer Science and Information Technology
What policies and practices will help more young people explore jobs in computer science, information technology and related areas?
Chaired by Arkansas Governor and SREB Chair Asa Hutchinson, the Commission on Computer Science and Information Technology was charged with helping states expand access to challenging educational experiences in the fields of computer science, information technology and cybersecurity.
Bridging the Computer Science Education Gap
Five Actions States Can Take
The Report of the SREB Commission on Computer Science and Information Technology
SREB’s Commission on Computer Science and Information Technology offers five actions for states and schools to help more young people — especially girls, black and Hispanic students, and students from low-income families — learn computer science and explore and choose careers in computing fields.
Members
Commission on Computer Science and Information Technology
Asa Hutchinson, Governor, Arkansas, Chair
Conrad Appel, State Senator, Louisiana
Laura Arnold, Associate Commissioner, Office of
Career and Technical Education, Kentucky Department of
Education
Melanie D. Barton, Executive Director, Education
Oversight Committee, South Carolina
Duncan Buell, Professor, Computer Science and
Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing, University of
South Carolina
Gretchen B. Caughman, Executive Vice President
for Academic Affairs and Provost, Augusta University
Ann V. Clemmer, Senior Associate Director for
Academic Affairs, Arkansas Department of Higher Education
Philip C. Cleveland, Interim State
Superintendent and Deputy State Superintendent, Division of
Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of
Education
Walter H. Dalton, President, Isothermal
Community College, North Carolina
Tom Dickson, State Representative, Georgia
Rod Duckworth, Chancellor, Division of Career
and Adult Education, Florida Department of Education
Paul Espinosa, State Delegate, West Virginia
Brenda Gilmore, State Representative,
Tennessee
David Givens, President Pro Tem, Kentucky State
Senate
Bill Gossage, State Representative, Arkansas
Jim Halligan, State Senator, Oklahoma
Kathryn R. Hornsby, Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Technical Education, Technical College System of
Georgia
Donna Johnson, Executive Director, Delaware
State Board of Education
Henry Johnson, Assistant State Superintendent
for Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability, Maryland State
Department of Education
Timothy J. Johnston, Program Coordinator, School
Improvement and STEM Education, Arkansas Department of Career
Education
Kenneth Langley, Project Manager, Research and
Curriculum Unit, Mississippi State University
Mamie E. Locke, State Senator, Virginia
Marcie Mack, State CTE Director, Oklahoma
Department of Career and Technology Education
Bruce Martin, Faculty, Information Systems
Technology, Midlands Technical College, South Carolina
Janet Mason, Superintendent, Rutherford County
Schools, North Carolina
Anthony Owen, Computer Science Coordinator,
Arkansas Department of Education
Robert H. Plymale, State Senator, West
Virginia
Tina Smith, Education Policy and Special
Projects Director, Arkansas Public School Resource Center
David P. Sokola, State Senator, Delaware
Steven Staples, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Virginia Department of Education
Gray Tollison, State Senator, Mississippi
Barbara M. Wall, State Director, Career,
Technical and Agricultural Education, Georgia Department of
Education
Casey Wardynski, Superintendent, Huntsville City
Schools