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 …
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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
