Educational Technology

December 24, 2011

Should Computer Science Be Required in K-12?

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:39 am

by Mind Shift, KQED

Computer science is not widely taught, even though programming may be one of the most important skills of the 21st century. While most schools do recognize the importance of helping students learn how to use new technologies, you’ll still find scant opportunities in K-12 classes for students to learn how to actually build those very technologies. A report issued last year by the Association of Computing Machinery found that very few states offer K-12 computer science education at all. Just nine states allow CS courses to count towards graduation requirements for math or science. And no states require computer science for graduation.

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/12/should-computer-science-be-required-in-k-12/

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