Education Week

There Aren’t Enough Computer Science Classes for All the Kids Who Want to Take Them

There are far more students interested in studying computer science than there are kids who have taken a computer science class. And that gap is especially pronounced for Black and Hispanic students, ...
EdSource

New class leads to big gains in number of girls, minorities taking AP computer science exams

Educators were cheering over newly released results from the College Board showing significant increases in the number of females, Latino and African-American students who took either the Advanced ...
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 ...
Education Week

These 3 Latina Teachers Are Pushing the Boundaries of Computer Science Class

In Megan Bowen’s high school robotics class, students made cardboard mazes, quizzed a local expert who brought live birds into her classroom, and decided how they should be graded, all before touching ...