
“Coding for All”: Is It a Smart Goal for Schools?
Is coding for all a realistic goal—and is it one that American schools should be pursuing?
Annie Murphy Paul is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Time magazine and Slate. Paul is author of The Cult of Personality Testing and Origins, which was included in the New York Times' list of 100 Notable Books of 2010. Her next book, forthcoming from Crown, is entitled Brilliant: The Science of How We Get Smarter. Credit: Nick Higgins
Is coding for all a realistic goal—and is it one that American schools should be pursuing?
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Schools are missing an opportunity to boost learning by not tapping the teenage fixation on social life
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Too often school assessments heighten anxiety and hinder learning. New research shows how to reverse the trend
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