More states are requiring students to take a foundational computer science class to graduate—employing a powerful policy lever to bridge long-standing gender, racial, and socioeconomic gaps in course ...

When anyone asks Wendy Guo why she’s passionate about getting more women involved in computer science, she points to the invention of the airbag. “The example I always give comes from the auto ...

For more than 30 years, high schools have offered Advanced Placement classes in computer science. But about 10 years ago, educators began to worry about participation. Overall numbers were low. About ...

Four years ago, boys outnumbered girls 4-to-1 in Duval County high school computer classes. Today those classes have three boys for every two girls, a nearly 60-40 ratio. Clearly, more girls are ...

During the 2011-12 school year, a student at Sweetwater High School in National City, Calif., approached teacher Art Lopez and asked why their school didn’t offer any computer science courses. Lopez ...

Joint Offering Will Provide Cybersecurity Training to Girls Around the World Although there is a global shortfall of more than four million cybersecurity professionals today,1 just a quarter (24%) of ...

Only 20 percent of computer science and 22 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees in the U.S. go to women. Women are missing out on flexible, lucrative and high-status careers. Society is also ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Shelley Ahlers, senior vice president of software engineering for ACI, talks about careers in the industry at ACI Worldwide's Coding ...