REDMOND, Wash. — Any resistance the young people in your life may have to learning basic computer science will effectively melt on Monday, when Microsoft and the non-profit group Code.org ...

Along the way, students use Code.org’s familiar drag-and-drop coding interface to learn computer science concepts such as object-oriented programming, event handlers and repeat loops. Players face a ...

Computer Science Education Week comes at a time when the US Bureau of Labor Statistics recognizes tech jobs as being some of the fastest-growing, highest-paying jobs out there. But Code.org isn't ...

The tutorial, which is available now for free, walks students through 14 levels. It looks and feels like the Minecraft game that kids are so familiar with, but they have to use basic computer ...

This is Computer Science Education Week, and Code.org is honoring the occasion by sponsoring the Hour of Code program that encourages teachers to spend an hour teaching their students how to code.

Computer science is often top of mind for 21st-century educators, but this week, you’ll likely hear more about it than ever before. From Dec. 4-10, teachers and students across the globe will ...

Harel’s company, it should be noted, designs and sells computer science education programs for K-12 schools, so free efforts like Code.org are in some ways her competition.

At the same time, this tutorial will be equally approachable for first-time Minecraft players. Our aim is to de-mystify the basics of computer science in a fun way, in the hopes of encouraging ...

Hadi Partovi, Code.org's CEO, said the organization's debut is not an hour long as its name would imply, but a weeklong event during Computer Science Education week, Dec. 9-15.

Hour of Code is a week long campaign dedicated to teaching newcomers the basics of computer science. The event takes place during Computer Science Education Week, Dec. 7-13.