Code.org today unveiled the theme for this year's Hour of Code, "Make the Invisible, Visible," celebrating computer science as the invisible force that powers all of the things that students' love ...

In an effort to get more students interested in computer programming, code.org, backed by a number of tech and Web giants, this week launches its Hour of Code initiative, running as part of ...

Microsoft and Code.org have partnered to release a new Hour of Code installment based around the popular Minecraft game. Code.org is an organization devoted to introducing programming to students of ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- For Jackson Elementary School teacher Thomasa Ross, teaching her fourth graders about math doesn't end with solving equations. She wants to help them understand just how ...

“Hour of Code” strives to spark students’ interest in computer technology. With demand growing for students with skills in computer science and programming, Code.org — a non-profit dedicated to ...

No matter where you are in the world, this week is Computer Science Week -- part of a growing movement to get people of every age writing code, even for just an hour.

A new campaign for Computer Science Education Week is attempting to get 10 million K-12 students to spend an hour learning how to code. According to Code.org, a nonprofit founded by Ali and Hadi ...

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Computer science has been called the new literacy for the 21st century. And yet, computer science education is on the decline in the U.S., where only 5 percent of students learn how to program. The ...

With 30 million trials of last year’s Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial, Microsoft and Code.org believe the new offering will again introduce tens of millions to coding for the first time SINGAPORE, 16 ...

Since it began in 2013, Hour of Code has been promoted as an event that can change a young person’s life by exposing him or her to the wonders of computing even if only for 60 minutes. But is Hour of ...

Less than a year ago, brothers Hadi Partovi and Ali Partovi launched Code.org to help advocate for computer science in the U.S. and increase participation in STEM education by making these subjects ...