With names such as Hackbright Academy, Girl Develop It, Black Girls Code and Girls Teaching Girls to Code, these groups try to present a more-exciting image of computer science.

Girls Who Code: Teaching computer programming to young women 04:20. President Obama was the first Commander-in-Chief to write a line of computer code, after learning the basics of JavaScript on ...

If girls feel that they can belong in computer science classrooms, then – our findings show – they’ll be more likely to give it a fair shot. When girls feel that they belong, it can ...

When I started teaching computer science at Punahou School, there were two computer science classes: an Intro and an AP course, mostly attended by boys.Occasionally, a girl would enroll in the ...

Four years ago, boys outnumbered girls 4-to-1 in Duval County high school computer classes. Today those classes have three boys for every two girls, a nearly 60-40 ratio. Clearly, more girls are co… ...

Less than one percent of high school girls think of computer science as part of their future, even though it's one of the fastest-growing fields in the United States today.

One of the study's recommendations was to create computer clubs for these girls. Ellsworth took this advice to heart. "Some girls have an approach-avoidance thing with computers, they're afraid.

Van “Kendy” Nguyen, 16, didn’t know anything about computer science. Gradi Kabeya, 17, hadn’t done any coding before but said computer science seemed cool and useful. Hazel Ochoa, 16, had ...

According to the national nonprofit Girls Who Code, "In 1995, 37% of computer scientists were women. Today, it’s only 24%." The organization, partnering with Accenture, released the Cracking the ...

Schools honored with the award have expanded girls’ access in AP computer science courses. Bay High School is one of 209 schools nationally and 25 in Ohio, according to a news release.