Carnegie Mellon's CS Academy brings free coding education to students worldwide

By lowber on September 24, 2025

Kiskia Area High School mathematics and computer science teacher Melissa Schaefffer looks at the code created by students Anna Leviski, 16, and Dante Perrin, 16, right, from their course in computer science principles on Sept. 5 at Kiski Area High School.

The whiteboard in Professor Mark Stehlik’s office at Carnegie Mellon University still has the details of what turned into a computer science program for high school students. Stehlik and colleague David Kosbie co-founded CMU (Carnegie Mellon University) CS (Computer Science) Academy, offering online computer science courses in 2017.

Source: The Tribune-Review