U.S. high schools got a high-tech update this past school year. Not by federal fiat or by state law, but largely at the hand of independent nonprofits, including one founded by twin brothers less than ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In fall 2016, the College Board launched a new Advanced Placement course called AP Computer Science Principles, an introductory ...

Many engineers and software developers can trace their formative coding experiences to a class they took in high school: Advanced Placement Computer Science. But two years ago, the College Board — the ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. Less than 10 percent of computer scientists are African-Americans and Hispanics, and only 18 percent of women ...

Since its launch, AP Computer Science Principles has become one of the most dramatically expanding AP courses, increasing access for both underrepresented minorities and female students to the field ...

Last year, the College Board piloted a new Advanced Placement course in computer science: AP Computer Science Principles, a program that the organization hoped would engage more females and students ...

A recent computer science addition to the College Board's Advanced Placement course offerings has seen wild success decades after the non-profit originally introduced the subject in its college-level ...

It’s Computer Science Education Week—and there’s probably no better time to look at where we are as a nation in accomplishing our computer science goals. “When the National Science Foundation ...

In a bid to engage more U.S. high school students in computer science, the College Board introduced a new Advanced Placement (AP) course in 2016: Computer Science Principles, which explores a range of ...

More than 97,000 New Jersey students took an AP exam last year. Strong scores can earn college credit and reduce the cost of ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. More young women took an Advanced Placement Computer Science exam last year than in 2007 through 2013 ...