I read this quote...<p><i>But each student will learn how to think like a coder -- an education that will develop students’ mathematical, logic and reasoning abilities, all skills that software engineering relies upon.</i><p>... and I think - "Problem Solving" for me that is the number one skill coders have/learn and you can apply it to anything.
This should be an example of what we need in the US as a whole to compete in the global economy. The lessons of logic and reasoning taught from coding are applicable in so many different ways. Thinking like a hacker can help our youth realize that everything is within their grasp.