Proposed legislation to require California high schools to offer computer science, thus addressing disparities in access, failed to come out of the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday. A similar ...
Currently, twelve states in the US are phasing in requirements for students to complete a computer science course before ...
Given the ways computer technology—from the iPhone and YouTube to uses in medical research and national security—is changing so many facets of life, you might imagine that schools have been stepping ...
In a year of continued challenges for educators, advocates for computer science education are serving up some good news. This year marked a tipping point for these tech-focused programs, with 51 ...
Would it surprise you to know that most schools don’t teach computer science—not even the basics? It should, especially given that there will be about 1 million more U.S. jobs in the tech sector in ...
Life has little moments. Segments of time stitched together to reveal a passing of the torch. Coding, gaming, and expanded robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) applications are creating new, ...
Although U.S. schools have made progress with computer science education, new research shows that fewer than half of schools are teaching computer science. 2020 State of Computer Science Education: ...
Amazon more than doubling reach of its childhood-to-career computer science education program – Amazon Future Engineer – extending program to over 3,000 more schools Nearly all Amazon Future Engineer ...
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 ...
In 2013, a who’s who of the tech world came together to launch a new nonprofit called Code.org. The purpose of the organization was to get more computer science into schools. Billionaires like Mark ...