A group of children on a playground, each kid clutching a slip of paper with a number on it, moves along a line drawn in chalk, comparing numbers as they go and sorting themselves into ascending order ...

There was a time when computers were far too expensive to let mere students use them. In those days, we wrote fake programs for fictitious machines and checked them by hand. That wasn’t fun, but it ...

What does navigating the New York City subway have to do with teaching computer science? More than most teachers might at first suspect. Like coding, analog maps of the subway can be used to teach ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. A group of ...

More than 30 children gathered at the Summerlin Library Dec. 11, but it wasn’t to read books. They were there to learn computer coding from Jeremy Bruner of TechBrainiacs. Bruner, a Centennial Hills ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and NZ Govt Minister of Education Hon Hekia Parata commend support for Kiwi computational thinking education initiative A tried and tested New Zealand-designed school ...

Arguments for computer science education in public schools focus on the importance of learning computational thinking and its increasing importance in a world dominated by computers. Proponents make ...

In case you haven’t been paying attention, computer science skills are vastly becoming some of the most in-demand skills of the twenty-first century. In fact, some call it a new "superpower." Computer ...

“LET’S do it again,” calls a ten-year-old. Once more, pupils clasping printed numbers follow tangled lines marked with white tape on the floor of their school hall. When two meet, the one holding the ...

To celebrate Computer Science Education Week and to make sure you’re ready to educate students and peers about why computer science is such an essential part of U.S. education and the economy, we’ve ...