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If CS isn't on the list of things that we measure, doesn't it stand to reason that it's going to get the short end of the stick? Whatever you measure, that's w
by jbooth 14y ago
If CS isn't on the list of things that we measure, doesn't it stand to reason that it's going to get the short end of the stick?
Whatever you measure, that's what you get more of, sometimes in a way that is not at all what you were expecting, and often at the expense of things that aren't measured.
We've all seen management-by-measuring go sideways in the business world, why should schools be different?
- lotu 14y agoHaving CS as a "core" thing that everyone must learn might actually be very unfair and destructive. Even at the collage level where people choose to go into computer science we have a very high failure rate and people still aren't sure why. I doubt there are enough teachers up to the task, also anyone that is qualified to teach CS is also capable of making twice as much money by not teaching CS.