Are we preventing students from accessing a basic education by denying them the opportunity to learn to code and program in school? Is “Learning to Code” as important as learning to read, write and understand basic mathematics?Last week was the “Hour of Code” week sponsored by code.org. Teachers were encouraged take one hour to offer students the time to learn how to code. The resources, lessons, and instructions were all created with the hopes that thousands of students would have at least 60 minutes to learn coding basics.