Last fall, my 4th grade son was playing on a recreational soccer team in Mill Valley, California. Since I was a software developer, a few parents from the team (including a Google exec and a VC) asked ...

Much has been said and written about the need to teach kids to code, but it's time to start doing something about it. Happily, a project called Code Club has been established for exactly that reason. ...

Almost nine years ago, I became a dad, more specifically, a stay at home dad. The Sprog, as I refer to my offspring, is currently in Elementary school. I've been kind of at loose ends for reasons, and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report revealed computer science research jobs will grow 19 percent by 2026. Yet nationally, women only earn 18 percent of computer science ...

A joint promotion between Raspberry Pi’s Code Club programme and Aardman Animations challenged primary school students across the globe to show off their coding skills with an animation based on the ...

In mid September, nine young students gathered in the Newbo District for the first meeting of Cedar Rapids’ Girls Who Code club. The group is designed to tackle the growing gender gap in Computer ...

On Wednesday, 9,782 kids logged on in homes and schools across Australia and started coding, creating a new world record in the process. The coding event, Moonhack, was organised by an after-school ...