Why Computer Science Belongs in Every High School Curriculum
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Alfred Thompson
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Summary
A computer science teacher argues that high school CS education should not aim to produce professional programmers, but rather to help students understand the digital world they live in—just as physics is taught to understand the physical world. The author emphasizes that even with the rise of AI, students will still need to work with computers, making CS education essential for all students, not just future professionals.
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Just as we teach physics to help students to understand the world they live in, we should teach computer science to help students understand the world they live in.
Neither the hype or the reality of artificial intelligence mean that students will not be working with computers in the future.
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