Educational consultant Alex Usher is no fan of coding! No, we need  "digital literacy and proficiency." Being able to write software is not the issue, it's "the ability to apply and use software productively." 

Meanwhile, in the real world, Stats Canada found 23 per cent of university graduates born in Canada have such limited math skills they score no more than 2 on a scale of 0 to 5 — and 16 per cent are just as poor at literacy. What to do?  Says a Conference Board spokesman, "we’d encourage post-secondary institutions ... maybe integrate more literacy and numeracy and problem-solving into the curriculum." (Toronto Star, Nov 4, 2014)

How about PUBLIC SCHOOLS look at what they’re doing, and maybe provide "more literacy and numeracy and problem-solving"?

Don't worry, said MacLean's Magazine! "The real literacy story ... is not how little university graduates can do, but how much more they can do than non-university graduates."

Cold comfort, there!  We'd hope so!  Hilarious stuff.