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Re:UK Schools ICT to be replaced by computer science programme by vukk on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @12:11PM (#3452603)
This interview with Simon Peyton-Jones seems very relevant, the points made are so similar to what Michael Gove says here that it makes one wonder :)

relevant part starts at 19:19 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/YOW-2011-Simon-Peyton...

Re:UK Schools ICT to be replaced by computer science programme by batterseapower on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @12:15PM (#3452629)
Simon has been doing a ton of work behind the scenes getting a decent curriculum in place for computing in the UK, playing a major role in a group of educators tackling the issue. I would not be surprised if Michael's words were lifted directly from one of his reports :-)