Schools expanded the availability of foundational computer science classes this year at a faster clip than at any other time in the past five years, but stubborn gaps in access to those courses ...

In recent years high schools across the country have been adding computer science courses, and there is a movement to make them ubiquitous. A new study of an unusually rich dataset in Maryland found ...

More states are requiring students to take a foundational computer science class to graduate—employing a powerful policy lever to bridge long-standing gender, racial, and socioeconomic gaps in course ...

University computer science (CS) courses serve as important bridges into further CS study and careers in STEM. Yet many women and underrepresented students with interests in STEM turn away from these ...

Computer science majors jumped for college students — particularly those in underrepresented groups — who took the subject in ...

October 23, 2025 - California community colleges rely on this funding for programs such as support for students pursuing science degrees and dual enrollment for high school students taking college ...

A student goes over an article in University of Washington’s computer ethics class, taught by Prof. Dan Grossman. Credit: Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education ...

High school senior Gurmeher Kaur was hesitant to study coding when her mom, a computer science professor herself, first suggested it to her. “I was scared of it initially, but once you start, you ...

Major John Freeburg sees it all the time in southern Colorado. Kids who like computers, well, they’re going to play video games. It’s an outlet, he said. “But they don't know that they could be using ...

Half of high schools in the Capital Region do not offer any computer science courses, according to a new report that calls for more "computational thinking" at all grade levels. The report found that ...

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 ...