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Educators, Innovators Call For Earlier Introduction to Computer Science
Computer science should be incorporated into the K-12 curriculum, educators say.
Credit: The Grand Rapids Press
Producing computer scientists and engineers to fill the demand from domestic companies should be a national priority, says Jeannette Wing, head of the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University.
"It's a concern that's been weighing on me for years," says Wing, who headed the U.S. National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering in Washington from July 2007 to June 2010.
Educators believe schools need to introduce computer science to students as early as kindergarten.
"The demand by industry is far greater than supply. It's not just Google and Microsoft. It's all sectors: health care, transportation, manufacturing. Every sector is demanding more and more expertise in computing," Wing says.
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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