What Most Schools Don't Teach

Interesting question--What do you imagine it is that most schools don't teach?  I saw this video posted on a good friend's Facebook page for the first time a few days ago.  Since then, I've seen it start cropping up time and time again.  Before hitting the play button, I pondered (especially given I teach school), what could it be?


The missing lesson:  Teaching how to Code.  From Code.org's "About" page:

"Our vision is that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn how to code. We believe computer science and computer programming should be part of the core curriculum in education, alongside other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, such as biology, physics, chemistry and algebra."

I think Will.i.am said it the best on the Code.org home page:
will.i.am
Musician/The Black Eyed Peas & Entrepreneur“
Here we are, 2013, we ALL depend on technology to communicate, to bank, and none of us know how to read and write code. It's important for these kids, right now, starting at 8 years old, to read and write code.“

Photos from http://www.code.org/; Video from http://www.code.org/teach; and go find a great stats infographic at http://www.code.org/stats