The Department of Corrections is looking at adding computer programming classes to state prison education programs to improve inmates’ chances of getting jobs when they finish their sentences ...

Since its launch two years ago Codecademy has become synonymous with online education for basic computer programming. In that time, the company says it’s learned a few things itself and today ...

The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

Codecademy, a start-up that provides interactive online computer-programming lessons, has signed up 97,000 students in less than 48 hours for its New Year’s resolution class, dubbed Code Year ...

Computers are an absolute mystery to most non-geeks, but it doesn’t have to be that way. A basic computer programming class requires little more than a familiarity with algebra.

Students in Mike Reilly’s computer programming classes could be helping to bust the stereotype of the computer nerd hunched over a keyboard, writing programs that crunch numbers and sort lists.

Although programming jobs are growing at double the pace of other jobs, computer programming is declining in our education system.