One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

This computer programming app is so easy to use that even a kindergartener can do it. Researchers in Massachusetts have created a basic computer coding app that they say is the first designed ...

Vikas Gupta feels like learning to how to program computers, or code, is a superpower. He taught himself BASIC, a computer language, on his high school’s two computers in Chandigarh, India, during the ...

Are you starting to learn code? The process might seem exorbitant, and you must have been advised to take small steps. But have you considered an interactive option before you dive into the technical ...

MEDFORD (CBS) – A new app from researchers at MIT and Tufts teaches kids basic computer programming. Some of the kindergarteners WBZ-TV visited in Medford may not read yet, but they can already create ...

This article was updated on Jan. 6, 2015, at 1:08 p.m. ET. Bill Gates was 13 when he started to code. Elon Musk was 12 and Mark Zuckerberg was 10. Compared to today’s growing crop of software-savvy ...

A lone starfighter floated on a pitch black computer screen, rotating on an invisible axis. All at once, the ship lurched into action, firing a white bolt that dissolved its target, then swiveled to ...

More than 9 out of 10 parents want their children to learn to code, according to polls. But can parents teach children things they don't know themselves? WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger discusses with Tanya ...

Coding is a big deal right now. Worldwide, 36 million kids have taken part in “Hour of code” activities, helping them become active, rather than passive users of technology and starting learning that ...

Cross-posted from the Time and Learning blog. Google is bringing its computer-coding course to more than 100,000 elementary and middle school students across the country as part of a campaign to ...

A few years ago, computer programming for kids was a niche subject that only children of select parents were exposed to. Fast-forward to today, where coding for kids has embedded itself into many ...