Computer science and digital skills resources

Technology Education and Learning Support (TEALS) connects classroom teachers with tech-industry volunteers to create sustainable CS programs. Volunteers support teachers as they learn to teach CS independently over time.

Free, localized, online courses for anyone with basic reading skills who wants to learn the fundamentals of using digital technologies.

Microsoft MakeCode brings computer science to life for students with fun projects, immediate results, and both block and text editors for learners of different levels.

Free access to a repository of learning content across LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn, and GitHub Learning Lab; ranging from entry-level to advanced skills, including ten learning paths that are mapped to in-demand jobs.

Connect and collaborate, find training and lessons, and earn badges and certificates on this free personalized hub created for educators like you.

This game-based learning platform on the Microsoft Learn educator center promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment. It grows with students and can be used across the curriculum and in any grade level.

Code.org’s Hour of Code tutorials provide educators with a powerful, accessible, and fun way to introduce coding and computer science concepts.

The SCRIPT—Strategic CSforALL Resource & Implementation Planning Tool—is a framework to help teams of educators create or expand upon a computer science education implementation plan for their students.

Hundreds of free, online, programming courses and tutorials for students of all ages, and resources to help educators bring computer science into the classrooms.

This selective, year-long program is designed to develop leadership in equitable teaching practices and advocacy from the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA).

Kapor’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Computer Science (CRCS) Framework was developed in partnership with a national collective of education advocates to create more pathways for Black, Latinx, Native American, and other marginalized students.

8 Ways to Give Students More Effective Feedback Using a Growth Mindset. Effective feedback gives students information they actually use to increase their learning and improve their performance from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT).

Last Mile Education Fund offers a disruptive approach to increasing diversity in tech and engineering fields. They address critical gaps in financial support for low-income underrepresented students within four semesters of graduation.  

A digital representation of the global economy based on LinkedIn data—this graph provides insights to help organizations and employers connect people to economic opportunity in new ways.

The NCWIT “Learning from Young Women” study was a research project exploring why some women persist in computing and others don’t. The US study focused on the progression from high school through college through workforce over a six-year period.

Code.org explores ways to increase diversity in computer science by reaching all K-12 students of all backgrounds in ways that inspire them to keep learning.

Microsoft Research is working alongside its partners and collaborators, to drive real-world impact in critical areas, and further impact in the years to come. Explore some of the work currently being done.

This Brookings report examines the policy expansion in CS education across states and growing student engagement in CS courses. The report offers a look at the relationship between policy changes and participation.