Opposing Reviews – Robert Fowler
“In a rapidly evolving economy, learning how to code has become one of the most advantageous skills in securing a quality job. Some schools are adopting the bright idea of teaching students coding — this is good. They are swapping out foreign language to do this — this is about as short-sighted as it gets. Becoming fluent in 21st century technology is a common sense skill to teach students. However, making foreign language the collateral damage is throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Both studies are integral to becoming a highly employable adult in the modern, ever-shrinking world. On Feb. 24, the Florida Senate passed legislation that enable the Sunshine State’s high school students to take coding instead of, say French or Spanish, to fulfill their foreign language requirement, WUFT reports.”(more)