In schools where the course is offered, more girls, Black students, and Latino students take an AP computer science exam, a new study finds.

A lawmaker from Silicon Valley has introduced a proposal that would ensure all public high schools in California offer computer science courses, in an attempt to close the digital divide.

3. Shake up your course offerings It’s important for students to feel like they have something to progress into after taking an introduction to computer science class.

After a decade of partnership with Harvard, Yale’s CS50 course will no longer be offered starting in fall 2025 due to limited funding and an expanding computer science department.