ACM Urges Obama To Include CS In K-12 Core

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @04:18PM from the little-algol-and-less-fortran dept.

jmcbain writes "The ACM issued a set of recommendations supporting Barack Obama's stated goal of making science and mathematics education a national priority at the K-12 level. The ACM is urging the new administration to include Computer Science as an integral part of the nation's education system. 'The new Administration can play an important role in strengthening middle school education, where action can really make a difference, to introduce these students to computer science,' said ACM CEO John White." Is CS such a basic subject, at the level of science or math, that it makes sense to (try to) teach its principles to every elementary school child?

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Re:I say no. by memristance · 2008-12-23 16:43 · Score: 5, Funny

*Does anyone know what they mean by "integral"? Every time I've heard the word "integral" in education, it usually translates in to "Required".
Calculus must have confused you to no end.
Re:Yes! by Garridan · 2008-12-23 16:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey man, just 'cause most CS majors end up working a register at burger king, a CS degree isn't a prerequisite to the job.
Re:Robots! by Grimbleton · 2008-12-23 17:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Fortunately for me, I don't think very fast.