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... 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... 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.... It’s Computer Science Education Week, and millions of people will do some coding this week at one of 150,000 events around the world. Thanks to the amazing efforts of code.org and lots of partners, over 300 million people have tried computer programming with the... The world needs effective, sustained coding education now more than ever. Things are changing. Computers are everywhere. Automation is a key factor in the world economy, and connection via the internet is too. With technology accelerating at breakneck pace, computers... “Why should we pay for software when there are loads of free programs that teach coding?” We hear this pretty regularly. Usually it’s coming from someone who already knows how to code, or someone at the director level. And we get it! The last five years have brought...