As part of Mayor de Blasio’s 2015 Computer Science for All initiative, the DOE has sought to expand AP computer-science classes for girls.

Now, an expansion of AP computer science classes is helping draw more girls and underrepresented minorities into a field of growing importance for schools, universities and the economy.

Participation rates for Advanced Placement science exams—specifically physics and computer science—have risen sharply over the last year, according to new data from the College Board.

While the numbers of students taking Advanced Placement computer science exams skyrocketed in 2014, participation for many groups of students remained low, an <i>Education Week</i> analysis shows.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology had FIVE students with perfect scores in Computer Science A (AP CSA) in 2017, the most for any school in a single STEM subject. Not only did ...