Five years ago, California embarked on an ambitious plan to bring computer science to all K-12 students, bolstering the state economy and opening doors to promising careers — especially for low-income ...

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In the summer of 2021, Christine Bailey, a teacher at Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta Middle School in Waterloo, was about to begin a workshop to learn how to teach computer science, and she was ...

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 ...

In spite of statewide initiatives to increase access to and participation in computer science classes, California lags behind the national average of 60% and trails about three dozen other states in ...

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 ...

New laws have been approved that add a computer science high school graduation requirement and that toughen the punishment for teachers caught having sex with students. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper ...

A Cranston high school teacher was recognized as Rhode Island's 2026 Computer Science Teacher of the Year on Wednesday.

PROVIDENCE — Glenn Zienowicz doesn’t just teach middle schoolers how to perform. He teaches them how to fly. In play after play, Zienowicz, known as Mr. Zin, has inspired students at Nathan Bishop ...