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 ...

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 ...

Despite decadeslong efforts through legislation, funding and advocacy, California’s schools have still not caught up with — and are falling further behind — three dozen other states in the percentage ...

Encouraging students to pursue higher-level science, technology, engineering, and math courses requires deliberate planning, especially for those students historically underrepresented in those fields ...

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 ...

If you spend enough time around computer science majors, one of the things you’re likely to hear is a long series of complaints about course enrollment. That’s been my experience living with two CS ...

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 ...

Use these tips to build computer science programs into new or existing classes and find the right teachers for the job. Students can build many skills when learning computer science, beyond the ones ...

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 ...

The Oregon Department of Education released its first statewide plan for computer science education late last year. The chief goal is for all K-12 public schools to offer some level of computer ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Before this year, if you wanted to major in computer science at the University of Michigan, your only ...