(TNS) — As part of an initiative to build the computer science education capacity at Iowa schools, the state's area education agencies have been awarded nearly $1 million in grants to provide ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KTIV) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and the state’s department of education is awarding over $500,000 to school districts across Iowa to help prepare K-12 teachers to teach computer ...

The Computer Science Teachers Association’s A Model Curriculum for K–12 Computer Science report defines computer science as “the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their ...

Iowa State University is planning to modernize a nearly 60-year-old facility. Atanasoff Hall belongs to the university's Department of Computer Science, and has not undergone a comprehensive ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Department of Education is offering a $850,000 grant to help students gain computer science credentials. The competitive grant is available to Iowa school districts ...

Second grade teacher Melissa Cahalan works with second-graders Da’Neyah Boothe (right) and Stella Meyers (center) Sept. 14 on an exercise with BeeBots -- robots used as a teaching tool in computer ...

Computer science is becoming a bigger priority than ever in our schools. Fortunately, the state of Iowa is stepping in to help fund it. A state law passed in 2020 requires all Iowa high schools to ...

In Iowa, 84% of high schools offer computer science courses. During the 2023-2024 school year, about 21% of students who enrolled in these classes were girls, compared to 32.5% of high school computer ...