While the idea that all students should spend one hour a week learning about computer science is laudable, it's an effort that will only lead to further segregation between everyday life and the 'sciences'. Instead of teaching computer programming as a stand-apart subject, it needs to be included in every subject and taught as part of the normal curriculum.

Why?

Well, if you look at the use of computers in any walk of life, it's never a completely separte phenomenon. In fact, the idea that it IS separate has lead to the current problem where most computer programmers are severely lacking in social skills and grammar skills. This is because as computer technology progressed it was subjugated into a niche called 'nerds'. The idea of 'nerds' helped shaped a group of computer programmers who avidly railed against soft sciences and other topics that didn't fall into the hard technology realm.

As a side note - one of the main problems with our current education system is the fact that it's not just computer programming we're breaking out - we still teach classes that are ONLY based in chemistry, physics, biology. Yet, in today's world, it's impossible to understand biology or physics without chemistry knowledge. The sciences are all intertwined - ergo, the rise of biochemistry, biophysical chemistry and other such subsets. Using our antiquated educational system a student isn't able to actually major in biophysics or other specifics until they reach a graduate degree in college - and with the rising cost of education, there will be fewer students who ever reach this point.

We need to fully revise how we're teaching students from the first day they enter school. Instead of breaking learning up into topics based on sciences, literature, etc, we need to be breaking a student's learning up into areas based on modern day fields. For instance I can see a