Report finds new AP computer science course is diversifying the field Nick Anderson, The Washington Post Dec. 13, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Students, from left to right, Ian Mwangi, Matthew Watkins, Dejai Brown and Myke'l Rodgers work on a project in a computer science principles course in December 2017 at Flowers High School in Prince George's County, Md.Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph Four years ago, high schools across America launched an advanced placement course introducing students to the principles of computer science in an effort geared in part toward bringing more female, Black and Latino students into a field where they have long been underrepresented.