Computer science has evolved from an elective experience to a foundational element of K-12 education for many American students in less than a generation. But decisions about how and when students ...

K-12 computer science is essential, not just for students who may pursue computer science or STEM fields in college or the workforce. Computer science principles give students critical computational ...

Efforts to ramp up computer science education in K-12 schools have intensified across the nation, and with good cause—most future jobs will require some form of computational thinking. According to ...

As of May 2019, Michigan has become the 32nd state in the U.S. to adopt standards for K-12 Computer Science education. A recent report put out by Code.org Advocacy Coalition, a group of "more than 50 ...

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 ...

Conversations about improving K-12 computer science education very often seem to culminate with the same question: But where do we get more teachers? At an event held at the Microsoft Policy ...

The Computer Science Teachers Association’s A Model Curriculum for K–12 Computer Science report defines computer science as “the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their ...

East Lansing High School math teacher Cecilia Anderson helps student Reem Siddiq with a computer science question. Computer science is one of the nation’s fastest growing industries. Technology ...

More than 550 elementary school teachers participated in four sessions this summer in the Elementary Computer Science Summer Institute, hosted by Mississippi State’s Center for Cyber Education as part ...

During the summer, I taught a computer science course for educators at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College. Funded by Google’s CS4HS grant, this was a four-day intensive “crash course ...

More California K-12 students at all grade levels could have access to computer science classes if schools implement a plan unanimously approved by the State Board of Education Wednesday. The ...