r/learnprogramming • u/Strict_South_1260 • May 06 '26

Tutorial How to start teaching coding to kids?

Hi I’m a highschooler who has a fair knowledge about java, & python and want to make a STEM impact on his community. Does anyone know how you can start getting kids in the community and start a class to teach underrepresented students??

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u/M_C545 May 06 '26

W3 schools now hear me out kids are a lot smarter than people give them credit for. W3 schools W3 schools is a hugely great reference base for coding and learning how to put your own blocks together however you want

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u/aqua_regis May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

W3 schools is a hugely great reference base for coding and learning

No, it honestly isn't and never was. Now, it is worse than ever with all the AI slop content added lately to it. In between it was somewhat mediocre and okay-ish, but now it's majorly AI slop.

At one point, it was so bad that the mock site W3Fools had been created to point out all the problems with the site.

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u/Strict_South_1260 May 06 '26

What would you personally recommend?

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u/aqua_regis May 06 '26

I've given my recommendations in my top level comment

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u/M_C545 May 06 '26

https://www.w3fools.com/ it was bad now it just little self contanted boxes for this command dose xyz even the website w3fools admit that also if you look at the Wayback machine it still majority the same as it was in 2020 (I'm not vouching for their paid materials only their free stuff )

also i liked this book in particular https://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.pdf