Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There was a time when knowing how to program was for the geekiest of geeks. That’s not exactly the case today. As most entrepreneurs, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Giovanna Munoz Ortiz is a 10th grader at Madison Park Academy, and every day, she learns to code. Her public school in East Oakland, Calif., mirrors the neighborhood that surrounds it.

Hadi Partovi co-founded Code.org with his brother in 2013. He is now the organization’s board chair. Its influence since then has been profound. It helped change 300 policies across 50 states that ...