To help ensure that more high school students are prepared to pursue postsecondary education in computer science, the NSF is making a four-year, $5.2 million grant to the College Board's Advanced Placement Program to fund the creation of AP Computer Science Principles. Unlike computer science courses that focus on programming, AP CSP has been designed to help students explore the creative aspects of computing while also providing a solid academic foundation for understanding the intellectual concepts and practical contributions of computing. http://press.collegeboard.org/releases/2013/national-science-foundation-provides-52-million-grant-create-new-advanced-placement-compute?excmpid=SM48-ED-CB-tw
