Code.org lays off 18 employees to ensure long-term sustainability at education nonprofit

Following the cuts, the staff now numbers 107 at the computer science education organization.
GeekWire

Code.org inks 11 new partnerships to help expand computer science education

Code.org is getting some help with its mission to put computer science in every U.S. school. The Seattle-based non-profit today announced 11 new partnerships with organizations that will help Code.org ...
USA Today

Code.org gets $15 million from Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO — Code.org is getting a $15 million cash infusion from Facebook over the next five years to teach more young women and underrepresented minorities how to code. At Facebook, only 17% of ...
Government Technology

Code.org Initiative to Expand Digital Literacy Beyond Coding

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 ...
Forbes

Hadi Partovi Wants All Students To Have Access To Computer-Science Classes With Code.org

Hadi Partovi made his fortune as a cofounder of Tellme Networks, sold to Microsoft for some $800 million in 2007, and with smart investments in Dropbox, Facebook and Airbnb. For the past four years, ...
EdSurge

Code.org Brings in Serena Williams, Draymond Green to Promote Sports-Themed 'Hour of Code'

December 5 kicks off another annual Computer Science Week and Hour of Code, and with it, nonprofit Code.org is bringing a few more celebrities into the coding fold. This time, it’s a collection of ...
GeekWire

Code.org raises $12M from Gates Foundation, Infosys, PwC to expand computer science education

Hadi Partovi, CEO of Code.org, talks aboutthe fun and creative aspects of computer science with a group of students. (Photo via Code.org) Code.org just raised another $12 million to help students ...
Seattle Times

Code.org takes computer science into middle schools

Seattle nonprofit Code.org is bringing computer science education to 800 more classrooms – and this time, it’s geared toward middle schoolers. The Seattle organization, founded in 2012 by ...
9to5Mac

Making the Grade: Why Code.org curriculum replaced Swift Playgrounds in my coding classes

Abode is the best home security system and includes compatibility with HomeKit. About Making The Grade: Every other Saturday, Bradley Chambers publishes a new article about Apple in education. He has ...
USA Today

Code.org trains 15,000 teachers in computer science

SAN FRANCISCO — More kids than ever are going back to school this fall to learn something that just a few years ago they would never have been taught: computer science. Code.org says it's gaining ...
CNET

Microsoft pledges $10M to Code.org to expand computer education

Microsoft has committed $10 million by 2020 to Code.org, a nonprofit that works to spread computer science education in K-12 schools across the US. "When students engage in computer science, they are ...