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 ...

On a snowy Saturday morning in early February, a group of kids clad in bright jackets and pom-pom hats piles into the classrooms at Brookview House in Dorchester, ready to learn computer science with ...

Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed the first computer coding platform that enables kids to build and program sustainable, battery-free, energy-harvesting devices. Called Battery-free ...

Nationwide — Terysa Ridgeway, a pioneering African-American computer scientist and celebrated children’s book author, is on a mission to ignite a passion for coding among children worldwide. With an ...

In the last few decades, urban schools in Kansas City have not kept up with other schools in their ability to offer high-level courses in computer science and coding. The nonprofit WeCode/KC has been ...

In the new book Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Human Values Through Programming, Tufts professor Marina Umaschi Bers argues that schools can teach computer coding in ways that develop character as ...

NEW YORK-- A nonprofit organization teaching computer coding to children living in NYCHA complexes received a major boost to its budget this week. Hood Code founder Jason Gibson received the David ...

LEGO Education announced a significant overhaul of its classroom technology lineup on Monday, introducing a new hands-on ...

A new afterschool program in Durham is offering children a chance to learn profitable and in-demand coding skills for future careers. Two out of three STEM jobs involve software development, so ...

This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. by Lisa Stiffler on Nov 29 ...

Writing computer code is an important tool scientists use to learn more about climate change. Climatologists use code to make models that can help predict, mitigate, or even resolve climate disasters.