I'm more concerned about the bottom end than the top end. Whether or not you teach kids CS at school is a minor point in the scale of things especially since yo

I'm more concerned about the bottom end than the top end. Whether or not you teach kids CS at school is a minor point in the scale of things especially since you can always teach them extra stuff after school. Responsible parents will make sure that their kids get a decent education by selecting a good school or by homeschooling. The problem is, if a parent decides "I don't want my kid to bother learning math" then you completely close off a huge number of potential high-earning careers to the child. Or worse, parents who are apathetic towards education and who's kids are unlikely to learn much of anything. In other words, I would disagree that parents are necessarily better at selecting an education for their children. This is especially important because education is important to social mobility. For example the potential for a kid brought up in some redneck park/council estate who goes to school and finds that they are good at math and goes on to become a programmer/banker or whatever.