Computer science is leading the way in the University of Toronto’s experiment of offering online courses accessible to anyone, anywhere - with 85,000 students already enrolled. “The landscape of ...

Overall, 57.5 percent of high schools offer foundational computer science courses, a 4.5 percentage point jump over last year, the largest since 2018.

Teens from 14 to 17, volunteer after school to teach the course, matched up with seniors for one-on-one training according to skill level, said library assistant Minerva Gamble-Hardy.

But that’s not what happened. The number of students taking AP Computer Science A remained mostly unchanged, while the number of kids taking the AP CSP test rose, the researchers found.