Education Week

For Code.org, Training Computer Science Teachers Isn’t Really About Computer Science

As the nation’s schools gear up for a massive push to expand computer-science education, they face a significant challenge: Who will teach all these highly technical classes? Enter Code.org, the ...
Technical

Here’s a roadmap for increasing access to computer science

Code.org COO Cameron Wilson laid out specific policy changes and strategies to help diversify access to tech in K-12 schools. Cameron Wilson, COO of Code.org. The economic case for getting computer ...
Education Week

Computer Science Courses Are on the Rise—But Girls Are Still Half as Likely to Take It

Schools expanded the availability of foundational computer science classes this year at a faster clip than at any other time in the past five years, but stubborn gaps in access to those courses ...
Microsoft

Microsoft and Code.org announce free Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial for Computer Science Education Week, Dec. 5–11

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 15, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. and Code.org on Tuesday unveiled the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a coding tutorial for students and educators created for Hour of Code, an annual, ...
GeekWire

Code.org gears up to get 30,000 students psyched up about computer science

A student completes the Minecraft-themed coding tutorial that Microsoft built with Code.org. (Microsoft Photo) Code.org is giving low-income students a chance to learn how to code through a free ...