Teacher Jake Baskin remembers exactly where he was when he first watched the viral 2013 video that introduced Code.org to the world, inviting kids to learn how to code. “I was sitting in my high ...

Hadi Partovi co-founded Code.org with his brother in 2013. He is now the organization’s board chair. Its influence since then has been profound. It helped change 300 policies across 50 states that ...

Over a decade after introducing students to the fundamentals of computer science through its Hour of Code campaign, education nonprofit Code.org is broadening its reach with a new program that bridges ...

Microsoft and Code.org have come together to debut Minecraft Designer, a free tutorial for students aged 6 and up that uses the Minecraft environment to teach coding. Minecraft Designer is a free, ...

Jocks and nerds haven’t always gotten along in years past, but Code.org aims to bring them together for the third annual Hour of Code with a sports-themed coding campaign. The campaign, which kicks ...

I am in the midst of my third year of teaching coding at my school to nine and ten years old students, and I made a significant change this year after reflecting over the last two cycles. As I began ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 15, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. and Code.org on Tuesday unveiled the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a coding tutorial for students and educators created for Hour of Code, an annual, ...

This story appeared in the May 2020 issue as "Coding the Future." Subscribe to Discover magazine for more stories like this. It may seem like computer nerds already rule the world. But despite a ...