"Bloomberg has decided that learning to code is something he ought to promote"

Agree that it's notable. Keep in mind though that Bloomberg has ties to Fred Wilson of USV who invested in codecademy and codecademy is located in NYC (so even w/o the Wilson connection that's an axe to gore/grind whatever). Wilson opened http://afsenyc.org/

http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/mediarelations/NewsandSpeeche...

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-12/tech/30618838...

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/06/the-chorus-for-immigration-r...

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