LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Department of Education has awarded $118,700 to 179 students and 36 schools for achieving qualifying scores on Advanced Placement computer-science exams. An additional ...

Last year, the College Board piloted a new Advanced Placement course in computer science: AP Computer Science Principles, a program that the organization hoped would engage more females and students ...

The Arkansas Department of Education on Thursday announced $136,350 in awards to 193 students and 42 schools through the state's Advanced Placement Computer Science A Incentive Program. The purpose of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Female, black and Latino students took Advanced Placement computer science courses in record numbers, and rural student participation surged this year, as the College Board attracted ...

Expansion of a new Advanced Placement computer science course aimed at drawing young women and minorities into high-tech fields is being hampered by a nationwide shortage of teachers qualified to ...

With two years left at Rockhurst High School, sophomore Tanner Helton is building websites for pay, and his Advanced Placement computer science class is starting an "internet of things" project.

Amazon is making a $15 million donation to Code.org to help the Seattle nonprofit launch a new Advanced Placement computer science programming course aimed at underrepresented groups of students. The ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a $15 million donation from Amazon Future Engineer to nonprofit Code.org to support the development and launch of a new equity-minded ...

Educators and researchers have had longstanding concerns about the quality of computer science instruction in U.S. schools. A recent study exploring student learning and computer science teachers' ...

A recent study of computer science students’ achievement in North Carolina high schools found that instructors’ teaching experience both in general and in computer science specifically had the most ...