Is Computer Coding a Foreign Language? As computer coding has become an increasingly sought-after skill, more K-12 schools are working it into their curriculums. Some states have considered ...

A movement by parents and lawmakers to get computer coding to count toward foreign language credits has hit a snag — but advocates aren't giving up.

A Florida bill proposes to let credits from computer-coding classes count like those for Spanish or French courses—but many are skeptical.

If language-as-code is taken too literally, the idea of optional rules, levels of formality, dialects, idiolects, variation, natural change over time and sheer fun will not compute.

In an unprecedented move that is likely to be emulated by other states, Florida is on track to allow high-school students to count computer coding as a foreign-language requirement (“Florida ...

Dr. Egginton is a professor of the humanities. Maryland’s legislature is considering a bill to allow computer coding courses to fulfill the foreign language graduation requirement for high school.