Kentucky: Programming Language = Foreign Language

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 25, 2014 @10:22AM from the take-exciting-vacations-to-$place dept.

jackb_guppy writes with word that "Legislation that would let students use computer programming courses to satisfy foreign-language requirements in public schools moved forward in the Kentucky Senate on Thursday." From the article: "Kentucky students must earn 22 credits to graduate high school, but 15 of those credits represent requirements for math, science, social studies and English — and college prerequisites call on students to have two credits of foreign language, [state senator David] Givens said. Meanwhile, Givens pointed to national statistics showing that less than 2.4 percent of college students graduate with a degree in computer science despite a high demand in the market and jobs that start with $60,000 salaries."

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Re:you know by MachineShedFred · 2014-01-25 11:12 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yeah, because learning Spanish is going to help you equally if you are in Korea.

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