--- title: We're Teaching Kids to Code the Wrong Way description: How we're teaching kids to code wrong, the military's silent motorbikes and more. canonical: https://time.com/4347489/teaching-kids-code-wrong-way/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-25T16:01:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:57.779Z article:section: Ideas og:title: We're Teaching Kids to Code the Wrong Way og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4347489/teaching-kids-code-wrong-way/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: We're Teaching Kids to Code the Wrong Way twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # We're Teaching Kids to Code the Wrong Way by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 25, 2016 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 25, 2016 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**We’re finally teaching kids to code — but we’re doing it wrong.**](http://qz.com/691614/american-schools-are-teaching-our-kids-how-to-code-all-wrong/) By Idit Harel in Quartz **2\.** [**The military’s new stealth motorbikes can run on any fuel and prowl the streets in near-silence.**](http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/05/look-militarys-new-stealth-bikes/128577/) By Patrick Tucker in Defense One **3\.** [**Some companies are demanding less from their workers — and getting more in return.**](https://www.1843magazine.com/ideas/the-daily/the-end-of-rush-hour) By Robert Colvile in 1843 Magazine **4\.** [**In our quest to understand autism, we can’t leave people of color behind.**](https://psmag.com/autisms-race-problem-2e23223d4a5#.9uebwpjkx) By Carrie Arnold in Pacific Standard **5\.** [**Can we make golf more diverse?**](http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-24/golf-lacks-diversity-course-san-diego-changing) By Jean Guerrero at PRI’s the World  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4347489/teaching-kids-code-wrong-way/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4347489/teaching-kids-code-wrong-way/"},"headline":"We're Teaching Kids to Code the Wrong Way","datePublished":"2016-05-25T16:01:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:57.779Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4347489/teaching-kids-code-wrong-way/","keywords":["Innovation","Autism","Work","golf"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4347489/teaching-kids-code-wrong-way/","name":"We're Teaching Kids to Code the Wrong Way"}}]}] ```