Seventh-graders Jason Tran, left, and David Sushkov work out a problem with a kid-friendly coding program in their computer science class at Mills Middle School in Folsom Cordova Unified School ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - The Senate is poised to vote on a bill that would allow high-school students to take computer-coding courses to satisfy two credits of foreign-language requirements.

A controversial plan from a Broward County Democrat to require high schools to offer computer coding courses and let students count them toward foreign language requirements was heralded Thursday as ...

A Florida bill that would have allowed high school students to replace foreign language courses with computer coding classes was rejected in the state House after gaining strong favor in the state ...

(TNS) — California is home to Silicon Valley, a hub of technological innovation. The computer industry boasts hundreds of thousands of well-paying information technology jobs, with more on the way. IT ...

This post originally appeared on the Teacher Beat blog. Politicians from New York City to Texas have pledged to expand access to computer science courses in K-12 schools, but one state’s efforts stand ...

Michigan is the latest state to consider allowing students to replace required foreign language classes with computer coding courses. The state’s House of Representatives voted earlier this week to ...

No. And high schools shouldn’t treat it that way. By William Egginton Dr. Egginton is a professor of the humanities. Maryland’s legislature is considering a bill to allow computer coding courses to ...

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Computer Science prepares students to lead in a world experiencing sweeping technological change. Students choosing to major in computer science can look forward to a career in one of the many fields ...