Too many girls are missing out on learning IT and computer programming skills that could serve them well in the future economy.
Seymour Papert's vision has helped computers become widespread in education today, and gave birth to the movement to teach children to program.
Technology is critical for innovation, yet schools struggle to get students interested in this area. Could teaching robotics change this?
If we want students to be well prepared for the 21st century, then we should be teaching coding in school.
The US and UK governments often mirror each other’s strategies when it comes to new education policies, and the recent introduction of coding into the school curriculum is no exception.
Michael Gove is ploughing ahead with plans to gather an elite team of computer science experts to help bring coding into schools. He has rightly acknowledged that teaching programming in schools is vital…