Learning Resources' newest offering brings basic coding skills to kids as young as four. The pets in Meet the Coding Critters introduce real coding concepts through fun and interactive storybook coding adventures.

Today's mentoring programs go beyond the basics of helping new teachers acclimate to the classroom. The one-on-one coaching model can serve as a boot camp for new teachers and a reboot for veterans.

The tension between demographics and academic excellence is prompting scholars to take a closer look at the data on scores and grades and how well entry exams, such as the one associated with New York City's elite public high schools, predict achievement. But one researcher thinks the most consistent bias might be against gender.

Hack is a full-stack laptop designed to teach kids to code by enabling them to hack games, settings and apps. Built on the Linux-based Endless Operating System, kids access source code and use a real sandbox for learning how to code.