Just nine states allow computer courses to count toward a high school student’s math or science requirements. That’s not to say computer-science-related classes are not growing.

These courses establish and sharpen programming skills with nearly 50 hours of training on fundamentals, spatial analysis, web scraping, ReportLab, and more.

Apple will be holding introductory computer science classes at its stores Wednesday as part of a national initiative.

Computer coding might be added to the curriculum at Wilmette Junior High School to help prepare students for the workplace, officials said. The goal is to offer high-quality 8th-grade computer scie… ...

A St. Louis-based tech nonprofit is training inmates in computer programming while they're still incarcerated to give them a shot at landing jobs in the tech industry and avoid returning to prison.

But adding coding classes faces several obstacles. For one, it’s difficult to find qualified teachers because California doesn’t offer a computer science teaching credential.

The nonprofit STEM Coding Lab is providing computer classes in schools around the region.

With as fast moving as technology is these days, coding has become almost as essential to a child’s education as math and reading. Unfortunately, not every school is teaching computer programming just ...