A report found that most California high school students lack access to courses that will train them for lucrative computer-related jobs. (Courtesy of Kapor Center)

Computer science jobs pay well yet access to, enrollment and success in computer science courses in California schools varies by gender, ethnicity, income and geography, according to a new report.

The report, “Computer Science in California Schools: An Analysis of Access, Enrollment and Equity,” was released by the Computer Science for California coalition, the Sacramento County Office of Education and Oakland’s Kapor Center, which advocates for diversity.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.