GeekWire

Code.org inks 11 new partnerships to help expand computer science education

Code.org is getting some help with its mission to put computer science in every U.S. school. The Seattle-based non-profit today announced 11 new partnerships with organizations that will help Code.org ...
Forbes

Hadi Partovi Wants All Students To Have Access To Computer-Science Classes With Code.org

Hadi Partovi made his fortune as a cofounder of Tellme Networks, sold to Microsoft for some $800 million in 2007, and with smart investments in Dropbox, Facebook and Airbnb. For the past four years, ...
GeekWire

Code.org raises $12M from Gates Foundation, Infosys, PwC to expand computer science education

Hadi Partovi, CEO of Code.org, talks aboutthe fun and creative aspects of computer science with a group of students. (Photo via Code.org) Code.org just raised another $12 million to help students ...
Government Technology

Code.org Initiative to Expand Digital Literacy Beyond Coding

Over a decade after introducing students to the fundamentals of computer science through its Hour of Code campaign, education nonprofit Code.org is broadening its reach with a new program that bridges ...
SD Times

Code.org and Amazon launch new curriculum to teach AI skills to kids in grades 8-12Code.org and Amazon launch new curriculum to teach AI skills to kids in grades 8-12

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...
Seattle Times

Code.org takes computer science into middle schools

Seattle nonprofit Code.org is bringing computer science education to 800 more classrooms – and this time, it’s geared toward middle schoolers. The Seattle organization, founded in 2012 by ...
Microsoft

Microsoft and Code.org announce free Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial for Computer Science Education week, Dec 5-11

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 ...
USA Today

Code.org targets high school computer science

SAN FRANCISCO — Code.org is teaming up with College Board to push for more computer science courses in U.S. high schools and to increase the number of female and minority students taking those courses ...
Government Technology

Code.org: Over 10,000 High Schools Don’t Teach Compsci

This year has seen the highest increase in the number of U.S. high schools offering a foundational computer science course since 2018, with more than half of U.S. high schools now offering one, but ...
9to5Mac

Making the Grade: Why Code.org curriculum replaced Swift Playgrounds in my coding classes

Abode is the best home security system and includes compatibility with HomeKit. About Making The Grade: Every other Saturday, Bradley Chambers publishes a new article about Apple in education. He has ...
Microsoft

Microsoft and Code.org announce free Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial for Computer Science Education Week, Dec. 5–11

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 15, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. and Code.org on Tuesday unveiled the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a coding tutorial for students and educators created for Hour of Code, an annual, ...