In his first lesson in computer coding, Bozeman third-grader Carter Chapo learned how to give simple directions to move a figure on a laptop computer screen through a staircase maze.

Once you’ve figured it out, come back for our next lesson tomorrow night, where we’ll talk about how to actually shop for the parts you need to build your computer.

In an era of budget cuts, some schools are trying blended learning — where students in a class are divided into groups and then they split time between computer lessons and instruction with a ...