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By Teri Llach
September 9, 2022
“Coding is one of the most valuable skills a person can learn. It can open new doors, jumpstart careers, and help big dreams seem like achievable goals.”
Apple CEO Tim Cook
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Coding can provide career benefits for a lifetime. In addition, through the process of learning how to code, teens strengthen their critical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
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Despite this, only about half of US high schools currently offer a computer science class of any sort!
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Why Code? #1 Knowing How to Code Improves Academic Skills and Grades
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Code.org gathered results from seven different studies, finding that “children who study computer science perform better in other subjects, excel at problem-solving, and are 17% more likely to attend college.”
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A Tynker survey* showed almost 9 in 10 teachers and parents believe that learning to code improves overall academic performance, especially in mathematics, while almost two-thirds saw better grades in reading and more than half in writing.
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Why Code? #2 Coding Develops Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Problem-Solving
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Coding also allows teens to express themselves creatively by learning to make their own apps, games, art, music, websites, and more—with code! This is where dreams come to life.
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Well over 90% of teachers and parents surveyed* believe that coding helps children develop their critical thinking skills as well as their creativity and ability to problem-solve.
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Why Code? #3 Code Solves Many of the World’s Most-Pressing Problems
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Coding has the potential to make a profound positive impact on society and the world as a whole, developing solutions in diverse fields such as environmental conservation, space exploration, farming and food shortages, medicine, and many others.
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Why Code? #4 Coders Have Many Career Choices and Great Salaries
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According to U.S. News & World Report in 2020, coders can make anywhere from $67,370 to around $116,220 per year, averaging $89,190.
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Why Code? #5 Coding Gives Teens a New Way To Look at the World
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Coding also allows teens to express themselves creatively by learning to make their own apps, games, art, music, websites, and more—with code! This is where dreams come to life.
Careers include jobs like app makers, hardware developers, database administrators, web developers, government computer programmers, financial coders, and e-commerce coders.
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