Students and teachers in classrooms around the globe will join in a worldwide initiative called Hour of Code next week. Presented by Seattle-based nonprofit Code.org, the event aims to demystify ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. Computer science is often top of mind for 21st-century educators, but this week, you’ll likely hear more ...

The students in Kirsten Lunzer's fourth-grade class watch as Codey the Troll crosses their computer screen, guided by the program they wrote to leap obstacles and collect blue jelly beans. These ...

Computer science involves much more than writing code. It blends technical knowledge —like programming, algorithms and data systems — with soft skills, such as communication and problem-solving.

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

Alante Klyce wants to be a dancer. Yet here she is, inside a sun-filled classroom at Lindblom Math & Science Academy on the city’s South Side, throwing around tech-industry terms like “ideation” and ...

In recent years high schools across the country have been adding computer science courses, and there is a movement to make them ubiquitous. A new study of an unusually rich dataset in Maryland found ...

Georgetown University Women Coders held a programming event to provide women with more exposure to computer science fields. The Georgetown University Women Coders, also known as guWeCode, launched the ...

Pueblo School District 60 is on a mission to fill Colorado’s many tech industry jobs with local students. In 2021, Colorado ranked 4th nationally in new tech jobs added, according to a 2021 ...

Computing is part of everything we do. Computing drives innovation in engineering, business, entertainment, education, and the sciences—and it provides solutions to complex, challenging problems of ...