Daniel Willingham is a cognitive scientist, by which I mean, he is an academic researcher who extracts information from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and ...

U.S. schools spent $30 billion on educational technology in 2024, roughly 10 times the amount they spent on textbooks. By one ...

LEGO Education’s CS and AI curriculum is designed to build AI literacy by turning students from passive users into active ...

A few weeks ago, a parent who lives in Texas asked me how much my kids were using screens to do schoolwork in their classrooms. She wasn’t talking about personal devices. (Smartwatches and smartphones ...

Minicoders encourages children between the ages of 6 and 12 to learn computer programming, converting screen time into productive and entertaining hours at the same time. According to the company's ...

Billy Harkins, 11, is one of roughly 100 fifth- and sixth-grade students staying late after school in the computer labs. He's not in trouble. He's not staying for sports. He's staying to learn a new ...

The public narrative about the value of a computer science degree has long centered around the promise of six-figure salaries and a secure career path. Today, headlines about a computer science ...

Access to high school computer science courses has plateaued, and overall high school student participation in those classes has declined slightly, concludes Code.org’s annual report on the state of ...

Is coding a necessary competency that kids need to learn? Or does the large specter of AI on the horizon and some grim prognostications have you questioning if signing your kid up for summer coding ...

Kids will encounter AI whether their guardians like it or not, so it's important to help them understand its benefits and limitations. Anna Lee Beyer writes about mental health, relationships, ...