The state says it's the first to coordinate such an event across a state's K-12 and higher education systems. More than 6,000 students participated.

Gov. Gina Raimondo laid out her new plan to offer computer science classes in every public school by December 2017.

The head of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation said young Latino kids should be learning about coding and computer science to fill the STEM workforce gap.

The new class, called AP computer science principles, is part of an effort to get more female and minority students interested in the field of computing and…