To the editor: As a co-author of the UCLA high school data science course maligned by UC Davis professor Norman Matloff in his Times op-ed article, I agree with him that data science is a field in ...

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 ...

We live in a world driven by data. Data is collected and stored on every human interaction, whether commercial, civic or social. Enormous server “farms” across the world save, preserve and serve data ...

Data science skills are becoming increasingly relevant and important for all jobs, according to experts. To get students ready for those careers, more states are adding data science programs to the ...

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...

A University of California academic-governance panel has voted to undo a controversial admissions standard that professors fear is not preparing students for college-level math, just as it is on the ...

EdSource · California teachers on the picket line amid shrinking school budgets Because of UC’s decision to count data science toward the math requirement for college admissions, Compton’s Dominguez ...

Amid a boom in new tools like ChatGPT, the Austin campus plans to train thousands of students in sought-after skills in artificial intelligence. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer, a technology reporter ...