Friday, December 6, 2013

Should All Kids Learn to Code? | The American Conservative



Should All Kids Learn to Code? | The American Conservative

Should computer coding be written into high school curricula? Coding appears to be the latest education trend, according to New York Magazinewhile nine out of ten U.S. high schools don’t offer computer programming, professionals are recognizing a need for more computer programmers in the job field. New Yorkquotes Maria M. Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College: “We have a clear disparity between the needs of industry and the number of computer-science graduates we produce. We simply do not have enough students graduating high school with an interest in pursuing computer science.”

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