Google to Shut Down Educational Programming Tool Android App Inventor

They're not shutting down App Inventor, they're shutting down development of App Inventor.<p>Also, they're releasing the source.

Might I suggest the educators affected check out my visual programming editor for HTML5? www.scirra.com<p>&#60;/shameless plug&#62;

tl;dr - "A corporation is shutting down something it made for free, and focusing on what it actually does as a business. But... think of the children!!!"