By 2020, 77% of all jobs will require some degree of technological skills, but US K-12 schools are not adequately preparing students to fill future roles, according to a Wednesday study from PwC.
A survey of more than 2,000 K-12 educators found that the majority of teachers are not confident teaching higher-level technology skills, despite acknowledging the value for students in learning such skills. Only 17% of teachers said they felt an extremely or somewhat high confidence level to teach web design, 12% said so for robotics, 11% for data analytics, and 8% for computer programming.