" Christian Lanng, CEO of the Copenhagen-based Tradeshift said: "We learned no coding from school.

WSJ: U.K. IT Teaching Gets With the Program

There is already plenty of momentum behind the idea that we should give children the opportunity to get a grasp of coding at school.

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Freeman says homework comes first, but he typically has a couple hours each night to work on coding, and takes advantage of weekends and school breaks.

FORBES: Grade School App Developer

But unlike other coding enterprises out there, the goal is both to work within school systems and to include human tutors to help students with problems.

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