{"id":3827,"date":"2016-02-03T08:51:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T14:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2016-02-03T09:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:35:09","slug":"a-time-for-choosing-computer-science-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2016\/02\/a-time-for-choosing-computer-science-education.html","title":{"rendered":"A time for choosing, computer science education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Everyone\u2019s jumping into it: \u00a0the addition of computer science\/computer programming\/\u201dcoding\u201d education into the curriculum.<\/p>\n

Suburban elementary school district 25<\/a> has added \u201cSTEM\u201d (effectively, programming plus lessons in using software for design) education to its curriculum.<\/p>\n

Suburban high school district 214<\/a> has added \u201ccoding education,\u201d too, though as part of the math curriculum and limited in scope.<\/p>\n

Chicago<\/a> is adding computer science education.<\/p>\n

And President Obama<\/a> wants coding to be a part of the curriculum, nationwide.<\/p>\n

Remember the last push for a new subject to be added to the curriculum? \u00a0Yes, you do. \u00a0How long ago was it that foreign language study went from \u201cnice to have\u201d to \u201cpretty much mandatory\u201d? \u00a0(At my son\u2019s school, it\u2019s either two years of foreign language or a year of vocational-type classes.) \u00a0And now that\u2019s moved into a push for foreign language at the middle and elementary school level.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s my 10th grader\u2019s schedule this year:<\/p>\n