computer science

Governor Asa Hutchinson recently attended Arkansas’ sixth annual Governor’s All-State Coding Competition. Hutchinson, in partnership with ARCodeKids, announced the winners of the competition in the Ida Waldron Auditorium of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway on Saturday, April 30,…

Forge Institute will be developing computer science curriculum for high schools as part of a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) Through this partnership with the ADE Office of Computer Science, Forge Institute will create new computer networking…

This week I signed Senate Bill 107, which requires high school students to take at least one computer science course in order to graduate. This is a gigantic step forward among many steps that we’ve taken to advance computer science…

This year for the first time, enrollment in computer science courses topped 10,000, the sixth straight year enrollment has increased, and today I’d like to talk about what’s happening and what’s down the road. To be exact, the number of…

Enrollment in high school computer science classes has reached record highs.  Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Nov. 18 that 10,450 students are currently taking computer science classes across the state, which is an 847% increase from the 2014-2015 school year.…

A University of Arkansas professor has secured a $1.25 million U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) grant to research algorithms that will enhance the speed and efficiency of software using large amounts of data. Data researcher Justin Zhan, a Department of…

In the six years since I signed the Computer Science Initiative legislation, the success of it has far exceeded my expectations, and today I’d like to talk about a new report that offers some bold recommendations for the future of…

John Brown University (JBU) has received an $8 million grant from the Walton Charitable Support Foundation for its computer science and data analytics programs. Of the total, $6 million will be used to create an endowed scholarship for students majoring…

by Tyler Hale Watch any technology-focused movie from the mid-1990s onward, and it will feature a hacker. In these movies, hackers are the grungy, nervy computer geniuses who hack into government mainframes while chugging Mountain Dew. Or they are the…

I have just finished my ninth Computer Coding tour of Arkansas schools, and today I’d like to talk about our computer-science success. I tour the state because I enjoy the chance to meet thousands of students and teachers and to…