Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Despite growing demand for computer science skills in professional careers and many areas of life, K-12 schools struggle to teach ...

Washington State marked Computer Science Education Week, which runs from Dec. 5 until Dec. 11 this year, by introducing a new set of K-12 standards in the subject. The state’s superintendent of ...

Most teachers agree that computer science education is critical to students’ future success in the workplace, but not all teachers feel qualified to teach the subject, according to new research. The ...

In 2023, the LeNoir Foundation, a UK-based 'for impact' organization, concluded the construction of a library at Saving Arms Primary School in Kampala, Uganda. While outfitting the facility with ...

This is a response to a recent blog post by Stephen Wolfram, “How to Teach Computational Thinking.” (We published an excerpt of Wolfram’s post here.) I recently read Stephen Wolfram’s blog post about ...

Dozens of states have adopted a wide range of policies to promote K-12 computer science education, but early data suggest only about one-third of U.S. public high schools are currently teaching ...

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 ...

While AI can automate many routine coding tasks, the need for human oversight, complex system design and the ability to build ...

The number of hours spent teaching computing and ICT in secondary schools in England has been falling over the past six years, according to research. A study by the University of Roehampton found the ...

Computer science as an undergraduate degree subject has seen a gentle spike in demand between the 2015/16 and 2016/17 academic years, according to the most recent Higher education student statistics ...

Lauren Margulieux receives funding from Snap, Inc., Google, the National Science Foundation, and the US Department of Education. Despite growing demand for computer science skills in professional ...