Computer coding might be added to the curriculum at Wilmette Junior High School to help prepare students for the workplace, officials said. The goal is to offer high-quality 8th-grade computer science ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The economic argument for upgrading computer science education in the U.S. is strong. According to one estimate, there are as many as 500,000 open ...

The cradle of techno-innovation, the Bay Area has fallen as flat as the rest of the country in one critical area: nurturing the next generation of cyber whizzes. Business and political leaders alike ...

With technology transforming every aspect of peoples' lives, careers in science, technology, engineering, and math have taken off. The evolution of tech startups, mobile apps, social media platforms, ...

Dozens of Long Island school districts are asking students to put down their pencils and pick up their keyboards to learn the tech-savvy skills of computer programming. About 30 Long Island school ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- When most of us were in school, we took science classes like biology and chemistry, but computer science may be even more important for today's kids. Yet nearly 90% of ...

Move over Spanish, French and Latin. Computer coding could be on the way. A Senate committee Thursday approved a bill aimed at allowing high-school students to take computer-coding classes as an ...

Legislation that would require high schools to offer computer coding courses wisely recognizes the importance of computer science skills in today's competitive workforce. But the proposal also would ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Department of Corrections is looking at adding computer programming classes to state prison education programs to improve inmates’ chances of getting jobs when they finish ...

Florida high schools could — but don’t have to — offer students options to take computer coding classes in place of foreign language requirements, under an altered bill (SB 468) that is ready for a ...