Computing and data shape nearly every aspect of modern life. In recent years, efforts to expand data and computing education in K-12 settings have grown rapidly but unevenly. A new National Academies ...

As a young art major at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Dr. Barbara Johnson once stood before blank canvases waiting for inspiration to strike. It arrived instead in a computer lab in 1984 ...

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — State lawmakers are considering new legislation that would require all high school students in Ohio to complete at least one computer science course before graduation. House ...

Last week at CES, Lego introduced its new Smart Play system, with a tech-packed Smart Brick that can recognize and interact with sets and minifigures. It was unexpected and delightful to see Lego come ...

Access to high school computer science courses has plateaued, and overall high school student participation in those classes has declined slightly, concludes Code.org’s annual report on the state of ...

Thursday, the Alabama State Board of Education unanimously approved a new K-12 digital literacy and computer science course requirement. A committee of teachers, educational, technology and business ...

The departments with courses in the top 20 most enrolled this quarter include Civic, Liberal and Global Education (COLLEGE), computer science (CS), aeronautics and astronautics (AA) and math, among ...

The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is creating a new digital divide in K–12 education, an AI skills gap that threatens to leave some students behind. While some schools are ...

For years, multiple signals have pointed to the need for change in computer science education: industry leaders have called for broader skill sets, tools have emerged to evaluate learning beyond ...

Technical electives are courses oriented toward the design or use of computers, generally in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or business. The following courses are recommended as technical ...