Any response to the recent Slate article about who really benefits from the CS push? @hadiphttp://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/12/who_benefits_from_the_push_to_teach_all_kids_to_code.html …
It’s clickbait hogwash. Most US schools don’t require new hardware to teach computer science. Meanwhile, of course tech companies benefit from schools teaching CS. So do all other companies. All industries need programmers, data analysts, secure networks, etc
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I know you have behind the curtain access to the very companies they are vilifying, so good to know intentions are altruistic. I don't see how preparing our students for the best jobs could be seen as a negative. BTW, great keynote at
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Thank you. Caveat to my reply: if companies are pushing a proprietary tool (eg Apple Swift Playgrounds) there is more direct self-interest, to sell hardware. But most are pushing CS programs which run on existing hardware, helping everybody
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