The computer and technology company, which Mr. Palmisano ran from 2002 to the end of 2011, is considered well versed in high-level computer security and privacy matters.
Fortran was one of the first widely adopted "high level" computer languages--before those, computers had to be programmed directly in assembly language, a complicated and laborious process.
Even if there were already trained teachers who could teach entry levelcomputer science in high schools, budget and union constraints would make it very difficult to hire them.
The stress should be on vocational training, postsecondary education and every program that will broaden access to computer science and strengthen science, technology, engineering and math in high schools and at the university level.