Why People Are Obsessed With Teaching Kids How To Code
http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/12/05/why-people-are-obsessed-with-teaching-kids-how-to-code
Computers and the software they run are not magic. Nor should they be perceived as such.
Learning to code is not valuable because everyone needs to program computers, but because such an integral part of modern life needs to be understood at a basic, comprehensible level.
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-important-to-know-how-to-code
More on coding and education in this blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=coding
Ali Partovi: Why Learning to Code Is Imperative In Public Education
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/13/ali-partovi-why-learning-to-code-is-imperative-in-public-education/