Why I'm starting the first computer science middle school in Washington, DC Our education system doesn't give students what they need to succeed in the digital economy, especially in low-income ...

But computer-science education is lacking across the United States.Just 40 percent of schools in the U.S. teach computer programming; computer-science–focused schools, like DPA, are hard to come by.

Gaudet, who teaches computer technology to students in grades 5 to 8 at the Comprehensive Grammar School in Methuen, learned about App Inventor at “CS Connections,” a four-day summer workshop on North ...

With a $25,000 grant from the Merck Foundation, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School in Coal Township, Pa., will add computer science instruction for middle schoolers to its Project Lead the Way ...

Five students from the Computer Science and Software Engineering Academy (CSSEA) recently visited Readington Middle School in recognition of the worldwide Hour of Code celebration. High school ...

A Weld County middle school has received sponsorship from an Amazon program to upgrade computer science options for students in sixth through eighth grades. The 778-student Milliken Middle School in ...

The computer science makeover at Northwestern Middle is part of that school’s turnaround efforts. Northwestern Middle, with 568 students, received a D on state report cards last year and an F ...

Five years ago, Rhode Island committed to putting a computer science class in every public school. Today administrators are confident the program has made headway, but there’s still work to do.

In Mr. Habegger's computer science class, eighth-grade students are not only learning about coding and web design but are also getting hands-on experience with computer repair and maintenance.