Nine out of ten U.S. parents want their children to learn coding at school¶
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q2 i? A 2015 Google/Gallup poll found 9 out of 10 U.S. parents want their kids to learn how to code at school, with lower-income parents valuing it even more. → Digital Promise 2017
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Digital Promise 2017¶
Digital Promise. (2017). Computational Thinking for a Computational World. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/a84a9ab5-6541-417f-ba96-4a66715e7732 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/62
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The paper cites a 2015 Google/Gallup poll of U.S. parents showing "9 out of 10 U.S. parents want their kids to learn how to code at school," with lower-income parents placing higher value on coding. No effect size is printed.
"a 2015 Google/Gallup poll found that 9 out of 10 U.S. parents want their kids to learn how to code at school, with parents in lower income groups placing an even higher value on learning coding than those with higher incomes."
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Related Claims¶
- Girls and underrepresented minorities remain far below representative participation on AP computer science exams, though new exams show gains
- Black students are less likely than white students to attend schools offering computer science classes
- Computer science offerings in U.S. secondary schools grew from 25 percent to 40 percent between 2015 and 2016
- School administrators underestimate parental demand for computer science education and face resource and prioritization barriers — related
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Nine out of ten U.S. parents want their children to learn coding at school |
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Nine out of ten U.S. |
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