REDMOND, Wash. — Any resistance the young people in your life may have to learning basic computer science will effectively melt on Monday, when Microsoft and the non-profit group Code.org release a ...

With 30 million trials of last year’s Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial, Microsoft and Code.org believe the new offering will again introduce tens of millions to coding for the first time SINGAPORE, 16 ...

Students and teachers in classrooms around the globe will join in a worldwide initiative called Hour of Code next week. Presented by Seattle-based nonprofit Code.org, the event aims to demystify ...

Georgetown University Women Coders held a programming event to provide women with more exposure to computer science fields. The Georgetown University Women Coders, also known as guWeCode, launched the ...

If that awful Barbie programming book got your spirits down, Disney is here to make things better. The company's Interactive department has partnered with Code.org to get girls interested in computer ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Learning how to code has a bit of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reputation. On the one hand, it promises to be a path to job stability, given that by 2020 some one million computer science ...

In recent years, a growing number of coding boot camps have helped address the large gap between available software engineering positions and qualified candidates to fill them. Coding bootcamps have ...

Microsoft and coding education startup Code.org are betting on kids' familiarity with Minecraft to help make computer programming more approachable. The two companies have collaborated on a coding ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. Computer science is often top of mind for 21st-century educators, but this week, you’ll likely hear more ...

Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...