In recent years high schools across the country have been adding computer science courses, and there is a movement to make them ubiquitous. A new study of an unusually rich dataset in Maryland found ...

In this class, students learn engineering skills as well as costume design and event planning, culminating in a convention ...

When it comes to schools with the best computer science programs, the University of Chicago is not among the first universities that come to mind. Indeed, UChicago ranks 28th in the nation for ...

Computer Science Education Week is once again on the horizon, taking place this year on Dec. 3-9, 2018. Many students and teachers will sign up for the Hour of Code, a global movement that invites ...

There is a persistent income gap between students taking computer science classes in high school and those who aren’t. That’s a problem because it means a lot of students aren’t getting the ...

Standing room only. That's a phrase not often associated with a computer science class, but it describes what's on the verge of happening in Northwestern Engineering's popular computer science course ...

Imagine if UCLA offered a course in building doghouses. With only 10 weeks, you would expect the class to teach students the basics needed to produce a final product – maybe focusing on how to sketch ...

High school senior Gurmeher Kaur was hesitant to study coding when her mom, a computer science professor herself, first suggested it to her. “I was scared of it initially, but once you start, you ...

This year has seen the highest increase in the number of U.S. high schools offering a foundational computer science course since 2018, with more than half of U.S. high schools now offering one, but ...

An introduction to programming using MATLAB. Topics include MATLAB interactive environment, programming basics, MATLAB scripts, functions, vectors, matrices, data analysis, and graphic visualization.

This is your brain on computer programming. The post How learning computer programming ‘rewires’ parts of the brain appeared ...

A broad survey of the computer science discipline, focusing on the computer's role in representing, storing, manipulating, organizing and communicating information. Topics include hardware, software, ...