Until computer programming becomes standard curriculum at middle and high schools though, families can turn to the Web for free resources and programming games for students.

At a time when parents are eager to give their kids an edge in math and science, several computer programming languages have been developed specifically for children.

Tynker, a California based education company, aims to teach your kids programming using a visual platform and is targeting 8 to 14 year olds with a 16 week course that promises both fun and learning.

There are a wealth of ways for kids to learn computer science and programming these days. Add to the mix: Google's own CS First curriculum, a free p ...

Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Jason Brigg's Python for Kids (No Starch Press, 2012).

So, what is the process for getting kids involved? Children are receptive to acquiring this new language of computer programming and the strategic thinking and reasoning processes that go with it.

La Jolla high school student publishes computer programming book for kids, in Spanish Athena Hernandez is a student at The Bishop’s School who recently published a computer programming book for ...

There was a time when computers were far too expensive to let mere students use them. In those days, we wrote fake programs for fictitious machines and checked them by hand. That wasn’t fun, … ...

Could American high school students soon be studying a computer programming language alongside French or Spanish?

Coding for kids: schoolchildren learn computer programming Primary school children are staying on after class to learn the building blocks of computer programming ...