More states are requiring students to take a foundational computer science class to graduate—employing a powerful policy lever to bridge long-standing gender, racial, and socioeconomic gaps in course ...

Access to high school computer science courses has plateaued, and overall high school student participation in those classes has declined slightly, concludes Code.org’s annual report on the state of ...

This story has been updated to correct the name of one of the parents. Over the past year, at the Stanislaus County education office in Modesto, about a dozen parents have met monthly for two-hour ...

As digital technology and artificial intelligence play a larger and larger role in everyday life, Louisiana wants students from kindergarten through high school to learn the basics of computer science ...

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 ...

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