When children are young, parents often steer them to participate in activities that offer fun and learning in the present to ensure their future success. In years past, those activities might have ...

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Have you ever wondered how your family’s favorite video games or apps are made? At first, coding might sound like something for teens or grown-ups, but it’s actually a simple and exciting way to ...

Being the only girl, coupled with being the only Hispanic student, in many of the computer science classes and programs Athena Coco Hernandez was in, was a lot. Don’t misunderstand, though. It wasn’t ...

“Having the knowledge of how all this technology is made, especially since a lot of it is made through coding, is just such a useful tool in your life,” said Meenakshi Dwaraka, who co-founded the ...

In recent years high schools across the country have been adding computer science courses, and there is a movement to make them ubiquitous. A new study of an unusually rich dataset in Maryland found ...

Kristine Sorensen joined KDKA as a reporter/anchor in April 2003. She anchors KDKA-TV News at 5 p.m., as well as special reports and Kidsburgh stories, in partnership with Kidsburgh.org , featuring ...