Everyone should learn how to code
Agree:
Steve Jobs co-Founder and former CEO of Apple
Everybody in this country should learn to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think
Eric Cantor Vice Chair and Managing Director, Moelis; former US House Majority Leader
Becoming literate in code is as essential to being literate in language and math
Drew Houston Founder/CEO of Dropbox
Even if kids want to become a race-car driver, or play baseball, or, you know, build a house -- all of these things have been turned upside down by software
Gaby Hinsliff Guardian columnist & writer, political editor at The Pool, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on
Perhaps that is the single most honest argument for teaching everyone to code: to give everyone an equal shot
Mitchel Resnick Professor of Learning Research at MIT Media Lab
I think the reasons for learning to code are the same as the reasons for learning to write. When we learn to write, we are learning how to organize, express, and share ideas. And when we learn to code, we are learning how to organize, express, and share ideas in new ways, in a new medium.
The Royal Society Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists
Every child should have the opportunity to learn Computing at school, including exposure to Computer Science as a rigorous academic discipline.Disagree:
