SAN FRANCISCO — Giovanna Munoz Ortiz is a 10th grader at Madison Park Academy, and every day, she learns to code. Her public school in East Oakland, Calif., mirrors the neighborhood that surrounds it.

As promised in March, Code.org, which runs Hour to Code, has released new curriculum for grades 7 to 9, along with teacher guidance. "CS Discoveries," as it's called, fits between the organization's ...

This year has seen the highest increase in the number of U.S. high schools offering a foundational computer science course since 2018, with more than half of U.S. high schools now offering one, but ...