The latest policy update from NASBE outlines what states need to consider as they adopt standards for computer science instruction, highlighting several promising efforts. Only five states have set ...

Washington State marked Computer Science Education Week, which runs from Dec. 5 until Dec. 11 this year, by introducing a new set of K-12 standards in the subject. The state’s superintendent of ...

Last Friday, Florida’s State Board of Education adopted standards for learning computer science in the state’s K-12 schools. It was a meaningless gesture. It was meaningless because the Board did not ...

As of May 2019, Michigan has become the 32nd state in the U.S. to adopt standards for K-12 Computer Science education. A recent report put out by Code.org Advocacy Coalition, a group of "more than 50 ...

This story was updated on Sept. 6, 2018 and on Sept. 22. The State Board of Education adopted California’s first-ever computer science standards at its meeting in Sacramento on Sept. 7. The standards, ...

Florida now has official computer science standards, which schools could use to devise lessons and classes in that field. The State Board of Education on Friday added computer science to its science ...

The Virginia Board of Education voted last month to become the first state to adopt mandatory computer science standards for all students. The computer science Standards of Learning were unanimously ...

In 2016, Virginia lawmakers made a short but significant revision to the required academic standards that all districts must teach, by adding these topics to a long list: “computer science and ...

In California, only 34% of schools with high numbers of minority groups offered computer science classes. This bill could close those equity gaps. A new Computer Science Hub launching this summer aims ...

All South Carolina public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade would be required to learn computer science beginning in 2018 under new standards proposed by the state Department of ...

The Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved the state’s first-ever academic content standards for computer science. These standards, to be implemented in the 2025-2026 ...

With 24,000 students, Springfield Public Schools is usually among the three largest school districts in Massachusetts. Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools and a total of 70 schools.