US News Chicago Public Schools to make computer science a core subject

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Touted as a trailblazing move, computer science is to be elevated from elective to core curriculum in all public high schools and be offered at elementaries — the latter unprecedented elsewhere — the Chicago Public Schools announced Monday.

In the next three years, every high school will offer a foundational computer science course, and within five years, CPS plans to be the first urban district offering kindergarten through eighth-grade computer courses, officials said.

“Among all S.T.E.M. careers, computer science represents one of the most dynamic and fast-growing fields, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2020, the U.S. will have one million more jobs in computing than they have trained professionals to fill them,” Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said.
S.T.E.M. fields are those in science, technology, engineering and math.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Byrd-Bennett at the announcement at Von Steuben High School — bolstered by video-beamed congratulations from President Barack Obama on a hometown initiative answering his State of the Union challenge “to redesign America’s high schools” by teaching teens technology skills, including coding.

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Throw out the other useless crap and get some actually useful subjects like law, programming, medicine, martial arts, psychology, etc
 

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Because it might be too costly for both parents and schools to have another core subject? Really depends on the education budget they have.
Well yeah, that's true! Sadly, money is always an Issue.

Medicine and law etc... Isn't useless crap @Accname
 

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Medicine and law etc... Isn't useless crap @Accname
Yeah, thats exactly what I said.
Throw out the junk and get some subjects which are actually useful, like law, medicine, programming, etc.

Kids can learn about art and music all around them. Everywhere. Its not hard to buy your child a pencil and a sketchbook and have those buggers play around with it.
But what child would voluntarily want to learn something about the law? Thats why you have to teach them about it in school.
 
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