Education Week

Computer Science Courses Are on the Rise—But Girls Are Still Half as Likely to Take It

Schools expanded the availability of foundational computer science classes this year at a faster clip than at any other time in the past five years, but stubborn gaps in access to those courses ...
Education Week

Few Students Take Computer Science. This District Offers a Blueprint for Changing That

Just six percent of high school students in the United States take computer science classes. The numbers are even lower for elementary and middle school. But you’d never know that if you dropped by ...
Times Union

At half of local high schools, students can't take a computer science course

Kimberly Oakes, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lecturer, right, helps Questar III STEM High School student Sarah Sweet, left, learn how to program a robotic arm on Aug. 2, 2023. Robotics is one of ...
Colorado Public Radio

Girls are cracking code and breaking stereotypes in this Denver high school’s AP computer science class

Van “Kendy” Nguyen, 16, didn’t know anything about computer science. Gradi Kabeya, 17, hadn’t done any coding before but said computer science seemed cool and useful. Hazel Ochoa, 16, had dabbled in ...