Most were in Computer Science Principles. Owen Astrachan, a professor of the practice of computer science at Duke University who helped develop the new class, said it is meant to complement ...

The College Board offers two distinct Advanced Placement classes for motivated students with an interest in computer science: AP Computer Science A and AP Computer Science Principles. In the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Female, black and Latino students took Advanced Placement computer science courses in record numbers, and rural student participation surged this year, as the College Board ...

The new class, called Computer Science Principles, was designed to attract students with no prior computer experience and who don’t necessarily want to pursue it as a career, said Maureen Reyes, ...

Not only are they the first cohort to tackle the course, called Introduction to Computer Science ... taking the class at Stanford. That translates to hours of homework and a project-heavy syllabus ...

For as long as Jake Price has been a teacher, Wolfram Alpha — a website that solves algebraic problems online — has threatened to make algebra homework ... computer science classes to tackle ...

All three found their way into Yolanda Velasco’s Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles class. All three like the course’s focus on creative problem-solving, collaboration, teamwork ...

Hispanic students are also underrepresented in computer science classes. Many students who ... for the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles course offered in the high schools.