Our educational system is supposed to prepare kids to be responsible citizens and teach them the various skills needed to be successful in adulthood. It begins in kindergarten with the fundamentals of ...

When the Hour of Code launched in 2013, I set aside my English curriculum for one day so my eighth graders could experiment with computer coding. There was just one problem: I had never written a line ...

It’s a Sunday morning at East Dulwich Picturehouse in South London, and a group of three- and four-year-old children is playing in a backroom. But not with cars or dolls. Instead, they are learning ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. This spring, at ...

Coding is one of the most useful, career-and-income-boosting skill sets one can have in 2024. According to data from BLS (the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), although the employment projection for ...

Google today announced that Grasshopper, its tool for teaching novices how to code, is now available on the desktop, too, in the form of a web-based app. Back in 2018, Grasshopper launched out of Area ...

On July 12, 2014, Macie Cooper, then a 15-year-old, made a strong statement about her future in her journal. It was definitive; she left nothing to the imagination. “I have officially decided on this ...