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K-5 coding is important--perhaps the most important step in retaining students' interest in coding.

By Team ISTE

July 25th, 2019


In many districts, students still get their first introduction to computer science and coding in middle school or high school. That timing, argues John Pearce, is all wrong.

“If you start computer science in K-5, students don’t have set ideas about what they are or aren’t good at,” explains Pearce, director of Family Code Night and MV GATE, a Mill Valley, California, nonprofit that provides educational programs and field trips that engage students in coding, engineering and math.

Related content: Why we should teach coding in elementary school

And, at this age, “they are wonderfully able to grasp universal…


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