December 6, 2019

Disconnected: Internet stops once school ends for many rural California students

Only about a third of California households in rural areas are subscribed to internet service, compared with 78 percent in urban areas.

Sydney Johnson

November 19, 2019

California must build the capacity of its public universities to admit more computer science majors

The state is promoting computer science in K-12 schools, but UC and CSU colleges lack bandwidth to meet the demand.

Trish Boyd Williams and Sathya Narayanan

August 15, 2019

Students return to dramatically different Paradise

District employees and volunteers have been working seven days a week since the Camp Fire, to bring the students back to Paradise schools.

Diana Lambert

July 31, 2019

At a summer program where community comes first, STEM education thrives

From residential life to calculus, relationship-building comes first in this STEM summer program.

Sydney Johnson

July 3, 2019

For the sake of California’s future, teach all kids tech

Only a small fraction of California students learn computer science in school.

Allison Scott and David W. Gordon

July 2, 2019

As California seeks to add more computer science courses, teachers are answering the call

A new Computer Science Hub launching this summer aims to help prepare teachers around the state to lead computer science classes.

Sydney Johnson

June 17, 2019

Study: More than half of California high schools lack computer science courses

Students of color, rural students and low-income students are among the least likely to have access to computer science courses.

Sydney Johnson

May 28, 2019

Almost a third of teenagers sleep with their phones, survey finds

About two-thirds of teenagers reported that they keep their mobile devices in bed or within reach at night.

Sydney Johnson

May 14, 2019

State budget proposal would fund computer science coordinator, broadband expansion

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing $15 million to expand broadband internet to more schools and an additional $1 million to hire a state computer science coordinator as a “down payment” on a comprehensive plan to provide access to computer science classes to all California students.

Diana Lambert

May 8, 2019

California moves to get more K-12 students into computer science classes

More California K-12 students at all grade levels could have access to computer science classes if schools implement a plan unanimously approved by the State Board of Education Wednesday.

Diana Lambert

April 9, 2019

California students learn to code to prepare for tomorrow's jobs

Thousands of students at 260 schools in low-income California communities are learning computer coding after school in the Kids Code program. A school’s eligibility for the grant was based on the number of students receiving free and reduced-priced lunch, used as an indicator of community poverty.

Diana Lambert

September 27, 2018

California improves access to computer science courses, but still has work to do, according to new research

The Code.org Advocacy Coalition designed nine policies to increase access to computer science classes for all students.

Diana Lambert

September 13, 2018

California embraces computer science in its schools

California State Board of Education adopted California’s first ever model K-12 computer science standards last week.

Trish Williams

September 5, 2018

California adopts first computer science standards for K-12 students

The standards will guide teaching for K-12 students.

Diana Lambert

June 11, 2018

New all-girls public school in LA implements strategy to boost math achievement

The district-run math-and-science school opened in 2016 and already has a waiting list of 400.

Carolyn Jones