Should computer science be required to graduate? These CEOs say yes

More than 250 CEOs called for state leaders to adopt a computer science graduation requirement for all high school students in an open letter published Monday by nonprofit CS for All. Such a requirement is necessary, the CEOs wrote, to better prepare graduates for an increasingly artificial-intelligence-reliant workforce.

State-level curriculum requirements for the subject have slowly gained traction over the last eight years, with West Virginia most recently becoming the 12th state to enact computer science graduation requirements with the signing of H.B. 2411 in late April. 

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