The College Board offers two distinct Advanced Placement classes for motivated students with an interest in computer science: AP Computer Science A and AP Computer Science Principles. In the ...

I n a bid to engage more U.S. high school students in computer science, the College Board introduced a new Advanced Placement (AP) course in 2016: Computer Science Principles, which explores a ...

Now, an expansion of AP computer science classes is helping to draw more girls and underrepresented minorities into a field of growing importance for schools, universities and the economy.

The new course – AP Computer Science Principles – is being offered for the first time this month after seven years as a pilot program in 45 schools across the country, including seven in California.

Of course anecdotes don't tell a full story, so consider some hard-data: - AP Computer Science, although one of the least-attended classes in high school, is also in the top 3 fastest-growing AP ...