Code.org is encouraging kids to “join the Dance Party” by coding choreography to the Coldplay single “Higher Power.” Dance Party teaches kids to code in a 10-step tutorial.

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi. (Code.org Photo) Backed by nearly $60 million in funding from the likes of Microsoft, Amazon, Google and others, Code.org isn’t resting.

In the recent years, coding has made a comeback. However, according to the nonprofit Code.org, when compared with other countries, the United States lags behind.

When the Hour of Code launched in 2013, I set aside my English curriculum for one day so my eighth graders could experiment with computer coding. There was just one problem: I had never written a line ...

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, ...

Through Code.org's advocacy, progress in this area has been encouraging. The number of states implementing K-12 computer science standards increased from six in 2017 to 43 in 2024.