{"id":14789,"date":"2016-01-30T04:34:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T12:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=14789"},"modified":"2016-01-30T04:39:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T12:39:30","slug":"president-obamas-weekly-address-giving-every-student-an-opportunity-to-learn-through-computer-science-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=14789","title":{"rendered":"President Obama&#8217;s Weekly Address: Giving Every Student an Opportunity to Learn Through Computer Science For All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Hi everybody.  As I said in my State of the Union address, we live in a time of extraordinary change \u2013 change that\u2019s affecting the way we live and the way we work. New technology replaces any job where work can be automated.  Workers need more skills to get ahead.  These changes aren\u2019t new, and they\u2019re only going to accelerate.  So the question we have to ask ourselves is, \u201cHow can we make sure everyone has a fair shot at success in this new economy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8sthaV8ddJ4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The answer to that question starts with education. That\u2019s why my Administration has encouraged states to raise standards.  We\u2019ve cut the digital divide in our classrooms in half.  We\u2019ve worked with Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to set the expectation that every student should graduate from high school ready for college and a good job.  And thanks to the hard work of students, teachers, and parents across the country, our high school graduation rate is at an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>Now we have to make sure all our kids are equipped for the jobs of the future \u2013 which means not just being able to work with computers, but developing the analytical and coding skills to power our innovation economy.  Today\u2019s auto mechanics aren\u2019t just sliding under cars to change the oil; they\u2019re working on machines that run on as many as 100 million lines of code.  That\u2019s 100 times more than the Space Shuttle.  Nurses are analyzing data and managing electronic health records.  Machinists are writing computer programs.  And workers of all kinds need to be able to figure out how to break a big problem into smaller pieces and identify the right steps to solve it.<\/p>\n<p>In the new economy, computer science isn\u2019t an optional skill \u2013 it\u2019s a basic skill, right along with the three \u201cRs.\u201d  Nine out of ten parents want it taught at their children\u2019s schools.  Yet right now, only about a quarter of our K through 12 schools offer computer science.  Twenty-two states don\u2019t even allow it to count toward a diploma. <\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019ve got a plan to help make sure all our kids get an opportunity to learn computer science, especially girls and minorities.  It\u2019s called Computer Science For All.  And it means just what it says \u2013 giving every student in America an early start at learning the skills they\u2019ll need to get ahead in the new economy. <\/p>\n<p>First, I\u2019m asking Congress to provide funding over the next three years so that our elementary, middle, and high schools can provide opportunities to learn computer science for all students. <\/p>\n<p>Second, starting this year, we\u2019re leveraging existing resources at the National Science Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service to train more great teachers for these courses. <\/p>\n<p>And third, I\u2019ll be pulling together governors, mayors, business leaders, and tech entrepreneurs to join the growing bipartisan movement around this cause.  Americans of all kinds \u2013 from the Spanish teacher in Queens who added programming to her classes to the young woman in New Orleans who worked with her Police Chief to learn code and share more data with the community \u2013 are getting involved to help young people learn these skills.  And just today, states like Delaware and Hawaii, companies like Google and SalesForce, and organizations like Code.org have made commitments to help more of our kids learn these skills. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what this is all about \u2013 each of us doing our part to make sure all our young people can compete in a high-tech, global economy.  They\u2019re the ones who will make sure America keeps growing, keeps innovating, and keeps leading the world in the years ahead.  And they\u2019re the reason I\u2019ve never been more confident about our future. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks everybody, and have a great weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Hi everybody. 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