“Let’s do it!” That was Alexis Johnson’s reaction when she saw professional learning opportunities focused on computational thinking. A first grade teacher with no formal CS background, she jumped at ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Many schools have all-star athletes. The Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center has all-star coders. Shannon Houtrouw, a computer science teacher at the enrichment center, has been ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free monthly newsletter How I Teach to get inspiration, news, and advice for — and from — educators. Shannon Houtrouw admits he first ...

A place for women in IT - opinion and debate on how to bring more women into the technology sector. GUEST BLOG: Bella Grimsey, a student in her second year of computer science A-Level, explains the ...

MCCALL, Idaho — Computer science is a booming industry, and one high school teacher in McCall is showing his students the equation for success. At McCall-Donnelly high school the focus in AP Computer ...

Teachers like Shanti’ Coaston, of Westlake City Schools, are leading the charge to raise awareness for the importance of computer science classes. Coaston was recently recognized for her educational ...

(Editor’s note: This is the eighth of about a dozen student essays we’ll be publishing for this round of Education Lab’s Student Voices program, which is partnering this year with Project Homeless.

When I left the classroom 12 years ago, computer science was still treated like a niche pursuit, something for the few. Today, it’s the engine of change across every sector. In K–12 education, it is ...

With recent research showcasing the growing number of STEM-related jobs that will be available to our graduates in Indiana in the coming years, teaching computer science skills has become as important ...

LYNN - A teacher in Lynn has received an exciting recognition -- Tymond Tran was named one of Amazon's teachers of the year. Tran teaches computer science at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn.