OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

California, along with many other states and nations, has experienced a dramatic increase of student interest in data and computer science careers. Along with the broader tech industry, these fields ...

EdSource · Sexual abuse claims threaten school district budgets, even when not accused Because of UC’s decision to count data science toward the math requirement for college admissions, Compton’s ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. An influential committee of the UC ...

Growth and change in technology have brought a boom in the availability of data and the need for people to shape technologies. Growing areas like machine learning require expertise in programming, ...

Last year, the Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office changed its high school math curriculum recommendations for prospective applicants, emphasizing conceptual math courses such as algebra and ...

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

Twenty states consider Algebra II a high school graduation requirement, but about half of those allow for exceptions or alternatives, such as data science courses. Credit: Meredith Kolodner/The ...

Alicia Bettencourt, a data science teacher at Hueneme High School, helps a student with an assignment. Bettencourt is one of eight educators teaching data science classes at Oxnard Union High School ...

The School of Mathematics and Statistics is recognized for its contributions to research and applications of mathematical and statistical science, and it’s also known for expertise in mathematical and ...

Illinois Institute of Technology, which is launching a degree in data science, wants to teach students a wide panoply of skills, said Professor Shlomo Argamon, professor of computer science and ...

There’s been a big push in recent years to get students coding. Before that, the big skill was learning to use word processing software. And before that, typing. Now there’s a movement to bring the ...