"But in 2025, the glow has dimmed. "Learn to code" now sounds a little like "learn shorthand." Teenagers still want jobs in tech, but they no longer see a single path to get there. AI seems poised to snatch up coding jobs, and there aren't a plethora of AP classes in vibe coding. Their teachers are scrambling to keep up."
""There's a move from taking as much computer science as you can to now trying to get in as many statistics courses" as possible, says Benjamin Rubenstein, an assistant principal at New York's Manhattan Village Academy. Rubenstein has spent 20 years in New York City classrooms, long enough to watch the "STEM pipeline" morph into a network of branching paths instead of one straight line. For his students, studying stats feels more practical."
Coding once promised a stable, future-proof career, but by 2025 its appeal has dimmed as AI threatens to automate many programming tasks. Students still aspire to tech careers but pursue multiple pathways instead of a single computer-science track. Schools emphasize statistics, data literacy, applied mathematics, and ethnomathematics to connect math to real-world problems and identity. Educators maintain foundational computer science so students understand underlying systems while prioritizing courses that teach analysis, interpretation, and policy-focused data work. Interest in traditional computer science degrees is faltering as students favor disciplines that blend computing with human-centered insight.
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