Tech Leaders Advocate Mandatory CS and AI Courses in Schools
Monday, May 5, 2025, 1:20 pm
Over 250 CEOs and tech leaders have rallied for a revamp of K–12 education, arguing that integrating computer science and AI early on could boost career earnings and prepare a competitive workforce for the digital age. Clearly, they believe our future geniuses deserve a computing crash course before lunch.
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More than 250 CEOs signed an open letter published in The New York Times on Monday calling for AI and computer science to be “core components” of K-12 curricula. The signatories, which include Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Etsy CEO Josh Silverman, and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, argue that computer…
The campaign emphasizes new research showing that taking just one high school computer science course can boost early career earnings by eight percent, regardless of a graduate's eventual profession. It also references a World Economic Forum report that identifies expertise in AI and data as the…
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