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 their sentences ...

UCLA students interested in programming end up taking introductory computer science classes such as Program in Computing 10A: “Introduction to Programming,” a course that teaches basic ...

Today, only 2% of students study computer programming. If we triple that to 6%, we'd close the gap between students and jobs, driving $500 billion in economic value to our country.

Once upon a time, knowing how to use a computer was virtually synonymous with knowing how to program one. And the thing that made it possible was a programming language called BASIC.

To familiarize students with basic programming, teachers at the high school participated in Code.org’s “Hour of Code” during Computer Science Education Week in December.

Jobs requiring computer skills are plentiful and lucrative, but so few teachers are trained in those skills that many Nebraska schools don’t even have basic computer programming classes.