Curated pathways to innovation: personalized CS education to promote diversity

Curated Pathways to Innovation ( CPI™ ) is a web tool that gathers existing online resources for computer science (CS) engagement and learning, exposing students to CS careers and content, especially targeting K-12 girls and under-represented minorities. CPI uses a machine learning recommender to customize content, and is a collaboration of academics in CS and social science, K - 12 educators, non-profit, and industry. We have deployed this tool in a low-income, primarily Latino/a middle school with nearly 500 students for over two years, in addition to lower-touch deployments at three high schools. We have also created in-person experiences for the students, such as reverse science fairs and hackathons, also tracked in CPI. This paper focuses on our experiences deploying the system, as well as the tool itself.