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Taking a second look at the learn-to-code craze

  • Written by Kate M. Miltner, Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
imageAre computers in the classroom more helpful to students – or the companies that sell the machines?AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

Over the past five years, the idea that computer programming – or “coding” – is the key to the future for both children and adults alike has become received wisdom in the United States. The aim of...

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