One of the biggest challenges for computer science advocates is that many kids simply don’t see why coding matters, in a world of preloaded software and the vast resources of the Internet. While ...

And employers will be looking. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the field of computer programming is expected to increase nearly 30 percent from 2014 to 2020.

For two weeks, eight teens participated in Layton Boulevard West's Code Academy, a pilot computer programming class that is teaching them skills they can parlay into careers in an increasingly ...

Code Avengers, like Code.org, has curriculum for all types of kids. There’s Foundational, which was designed for ages 5-11, Intermediate for ages 10-15, and Advanced, which are for ages 13-16.

When a group of Attracta Abulu’s co-workers at Thomson Reuters in Eagan decided to offer computer-coding classes for about 50 middle-school-age children of their colleagues, she jumped at the ...

The tech giant will be holding introductory computer science classes at its retail stores Wednesday as part of a national initiative called “Hour of Code” that aims to get all people to learn ...

Computer coding might be added to the curriculum at Wilmette Junior High School to help prepare students for the workplace, officials said.The goal is to offer high-quality 8th-grade computer ...

Through Code.org's advocacy, progress in this area has been encouraging. The number of states implementing K-12 computer science standards increased from six in 2017 to 43 in 2024.

Move over Spanish, French and Latin. Computer coding could be on the way. A Senate committee Thursday approved a bill aimed at allowing high-school students to take computer-coding classes as an ...