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How Silicon Valley Pushed Coding Into American Classrooms

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How Silicon Valley Pushed Coding Into American Classrooms<br />Together with local groups, Mr. Partovi said, Code.org<br />and Microsoft have helped persuade 24 states to allow computer science to count toward math or science credits required for high school graduation.<br />“If you are running a tech company,” he said, “it’s extremely hard to hire and retain engineers.”<br />Code.org is now one of the largest providers of free online coding lessons and more comprehensive computer science curriculums.<br />It has helped to persuade two dozen states to change their education policies<br />and laws, Mr. Partovi said, while creating free introductory coding lessons, called Hour of Code, which more than 100 million students worldwide have tried.<br />“Coding,” Mr. Cook told the president, “should be a requirement in every public school.”<br />The Apple chief’s education mandate was just the latest tech company push for coding courses in schools.<br />“Broad public education should not be grounded first<br />and foremost in the needs of any particular industry — or in the needs of industry as a whole,” he said.<br />Before Code.org emerged, the National Science Foundation, industry,<br />and education experts worked for years to develop and spread computer science instruction in schools.<br />Along the way, Code.org has emerged as a new prototype for Silicon Valley education reform: a social-media-savvy entity<br />that pushes for education policy changes, develops curriculums, offers online coding lessons and trains teachers — touching nearly every facet of the education supply chain.

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