🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Major American Companies to Schools: Expand Access to Computer Science'

12 July 2022 - kudos:

Look, I’m not opposed to expanding computer science education, but if the motivation is to fill jobs and keep tech giants thriving, that seems to me to be a red flag. Education ought to focus on democracy above the economy; we need to be producing citizens, not employees. There are ways to teach tech in a way that supports democracy and produces citizens, but if I get grumpy about computer science educstion, it’s because we rarely talk about it that way.

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'U.S. Supreme Court takes on the independent state legislature theory : NPR'

30 June 2022 - kudos:

Worrying ideas here—American democracy feels more and more tenuous. link to ‘U.S. Supreme Court takes on the independent state legislature theory : NPR’