When I left the classroom 12 years ago, computer science was still treated like a niche pursuit, something for the few. Today, it’s the engine of change across every sector. In K–12 education, it is ...

Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in technology and education. He is an ongoing contributor to the CDW family of magazines. The term “computer lab” might bring to mind a room filled ...

Years of investment and struggle resulted in school computers for every student. A new push in LAUSD would limit screen time, ...

Professor Eleanor O'Rourke and PhD students Melissa Chen and Yinmiao Li won a Best Paper Award at ICER 2024 for their study on underlying criteria for the self-assessments of programming students ...

Australian students are increasingly taking tests on computers. This includes major tests used to check national progress on literacy and numeracy. The idea is this prepares students “for the future”, ...

Through her interdisciplinary work with the Delta Lab, human-computer interaction, and learning sciences communities at Northwestern, Chen is building the skill set she needs to be a thoughtful and ...