There was a time when computers were far too expensive to let mere students use them. In those days, we wrote fake programs for fictitious machines and checked them by hand. That wasn’t fun, but it ...

Starting a computer science program at the elementary school level involves gathering support, explaining the “why,” letting ...

There are far more students interested in studying computer science than there are kids who have taken a computer science class. And that gap is especially pronounced for Black and Hispanic students, ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A computer science team has created a new collaborative way in which kids can interact with technology. The team of researchers from the University of Iowa created an online activity ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A local group is giving some Franklin County students a chance to learn about computer science with a free four-month program. Tech Corps is allowing ninth- and tenth-grade ...

(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.

Trevor Noah proudly displays his certificate of completion with some of the students at Ardmore Elementary School in Bellevue, where he led a computer science class for the Hour of AI during Computer ...

On the second floor of a brick building on Branch Avenue in Washington, D.C., green and white signs celebrating innovation and professionalism decorate the classrooms of Digital Pioneers Academy, the ...

Like most students at the time, I did not have access to computer science classes when I attended Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md., during the 1980s. I only stumbled upon the field when my high ...

In 10 years, when today’s elementary school students enter the workforce, what skills and knowledge will they need to have to succeed? While we can’t know for sure, one thing is clear: it will involve ...

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 ...