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Tech Job Openings Spark Interest in H.S. Computer Science Courses
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With two years left at Rockhurst High School, sophomore Tanner Helton is building websites for pay, and his Advanced Placement computer science class is starting an "Internet of things" project.
Kansas City's Rockhurst last year began requiring freshmen to take computer science. Helton says he thought it was important for young people to have tech skills. "It's so limitless," says Helton, 16, who already was working with computers in his spare time.
Helton's computer science teacher, J.W. Clark, says the new requirement was an effort to boost interest in computer science because of the need for tech skills in the workforce.
Now, the Missouri legislature is weighing a bill aimed at getting the state's public school students to take computer science in high school.
From The Kansas City Star
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