The College Board launched computer science principles, an advanced placement class, in an effort to draw more young women and students of color into the subject.

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In schools where the course is offered, more girls, Black students, and Latino students take an AP computer science exam, a new study finds.

One of the two AP computer science classes has undergone changes to more closely mirror introductory college courses.

AP Computer Science A is problem-solving oriented and focused specifically on Java, while CS Principles takes a broader approach around the fundamentals and it’s up to the teacher which ...

AP Computer Science is getting a facelift—or rather, an entirely new face. The College Board has announced that this fall it will launch a new Advanced Placement course in computer science: AP ...

Abraham Lincoln High School won a national diversity award earlier this spring because girls made up a majority of school's the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles class.

Amazon is making a $15 million donation to Code.org to help the Seattle nonprofit launch a new Advanced Placement computer science programming course aimed at underrepresented groups of students.

In 2013, no female students took the AP computer science exam in three states (Mississippi, Montana, and Wyoming). In eight states (Alaska, Idaho, ...