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Amid staff shortage, tech leaders want more computer education in California schools |
May 07, 2014
Leaders of key technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Salesforce.com have written to the Governor of California Jerry Brown offering to partner with the state to increase computer education in kindergarten to 12th grade schools.90 percent of these K-12 schools do not currently teach computer science. On the other hand, there is a mismatch between the number of computer science jobs and graduates in the state, according to the letter which is signed by business executives as well as organizations active in the area of education.“The Conference Board estimates 70,000 open computing jobs in California—roughly 16 jobs for every computer science graduate in the state!,” according to the letter.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2152100/amid-staff-shortage-tech-leaders-want-more-computer-education-in-california-schools.html#tk.rss_all
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