The New Town Story

The New Town Story

In the summer of 2017 we ran a program called the One to One Campaign. The federal government was threatening to slash funding to the IMLS, and things looked bleak. The One to One Campaign was our way of championing the things we felt were important. For every code...
Summer Code Club Program

Summer Code Club Program

For the first time in Fiero’s history, we’ve created a code club program designed for summer reading programs. And we are excited! This is going to be a great opportunity to serve kids all across the country with STEM programming at their local library....
The Code Club Movement: Spring Update

The Code Club Movement: Spring Update

This spring we saw a record number of kids come through our clubs, dozens of librarians with no coding skills get trained up, and went from catalyzing clubs in five to fifteen states. But my favorite story comes from a tiny Oklahoma public library. Wister has a...
Already Running a Code Club? Fiero Saves You Money

Already Running a Code Club? Fiero Saves You Money

Last week we found out that one woman took The Ultimate Guide to Code Club resource kit and successfully got her own code club off the ground. She even gave a presentation on it at a conference. Amazing, right? We’ve given away over 500 copies of that guide over...
What if we accidentally make coding boring and lame?

What if we accidentally make coding boring and lame?

After years of advocating, cheering, lobbying, supporting, and celebrating computer programming, we are finally making progress. The most recent statistics from code.org show that more than 40% of US schools offer computer programming, up from 10% just 3 years ago....