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1. The Two Codes Your Kids Need to Know
Tom Friedman has penned a very important column in NY Times. A must read. I have linked it here, but it's behind a paywall. For summary, see next few tweets.
nytimes.com/2019/02/12/opi…
Tom Friedman has penned a very important column in NY Times. A must read. I have linked it here, but it's behind a paywall. For summary, see next few tweets.
nytimes.com/2019/02/12/opi…
2. The leaders of the College Board, the folks who administer the SAT college entrance exam, asked a radical question: Of all the skills and knowledge that we test young people for that we know are correlated with success in college and in life, which is the most important?
3. Their answer: the ability to master “two codes”
a) Computer Science
b) U.S. Constitution
Why these two codes? Their short answers follow.
a) Computer Science
b) U.S. Constitution
Why these two codes? Their short answers follow.
4. If you want to be an empowered citizen in our democracy — able to not only navigate society and its institutions but also to improve and shape them, and not just be shaped by them — you need to know how the code of the U.S. Constitution works.
5. And if you want to be an empowered and adaptive worker or artist or writer or scientist or teacher — and be able to shape the world around you, and not just be shaped by it — you need to know how computers work and how to shape them.
6. With computing, the internet, big data and artificial intelligence now the essential building blocks of every industry, any young person who can master the principles & basic coding techniques that drive computers and other devices “will be more prepared for nearly every job.”
7. At the same time, the Constitution forms the foundational code that gives shape to America and defines our essential liberties — it is the indispensable guide to our lives as productive citizens.
8. Understanding how government works is the essence of power. To be a strong citizen, you need to know how the structures of our government work and how to operate within them.
9. Kids are getting it: An A.P. U.S. Government and Politics class at Hightstown High School in New Jersey was credited in a Senate committee report with contributing content to a bill, the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act, which was signed into law last month.
10. Stefanie Sanford, College Board's chief of global policy, cites it as a great example of her mantra: “‘Knowledge, skills and agency’ — kids learn things, learn how to do things and then discover that they can use all that to make a difference in the world.”
Amen!
The End.
Amen!
The End.
Here's an archived version of the article.
