Education Week

Few Students Take Computer Science. This District Offers a Blueprint for Changing That

Just six percent of high school students in the United States take computer science classes. The numbers are even lower for elementary and middle school. But you’d never know that if you dropped by ...
Education Week

3 Big Challenges to Expanding Computer Science Classes and How to Overcome Them

Big-name companies like Delta Airlines, UPS, and Starbucks are clamoring for expanding computer science education at the K-12 level. But according to a recent report from the nonprofit Code.org, just ...
Times Union

At half of local high schools, students can't take a computer science course

Kimberly Oakes, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lecturer, right, helps Questar III STEM High School student Sarah Sweet, left, learn how to program a robotic arm on Aug. 2, 2023. Robotics is one of ...
Los Angeles Times

English major? History student? USC wants to teach you about computer science, too

A USC sociology, history or dance major may not be attuned to the discipline of quantum computing, but the university’s soon-to-open School of Advanced Computing will help bring computing instruction ...
The News-Herald

Mentor Public Library offering free computer classes

Mentor Public Library announced it is hosting seven free computer classes at its Main Branch, including basic introductions to computers, the Internet, Facebook and Microsoft Word. The classes will be ...