Code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to computer science education, announced today that it has received $12 million in new donations from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ...

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 ...

Computer science involves much more than writing code. It blends technical knowledge —like programming, algorithms and data systems — with soft skills, such as communication and problem-solving.

Access to high school computer science courses has plateaued, and overall high school student participation in those classes has declined slightly, concludes Code.org’s annual report on the state of ...

TIM TOOTEN HAS REACTION TO THE NEWS. REPORTER: MAREE FARRING ELEMENTARY IS AMONG 102 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE AND TWO HERE IN MARYLAND TO RECEIVE THE MUCH NEEDED TECHNOLOGY DOLLARS. THE GOOD TECHNOLOGY NEWS ...

Computer science has a wider footprint in schools than ever before, but there are differences when it comes to who has access to computer courses and who’s enrolling. That’s according to the latest ...

Northwestern Computer Science leaders Samir Khuller and Sara Owsley Sood are no strangers to tidal shifts in their discipline’s technology. In June 2007, Sood graduated from Northwestern Engineering ...

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 ...