Quantum computers are set to change the world, and K–12 schools have a role to play. These computers can make complex calculations and process and analyze huge amounts of intricate data much faster than classical computers.
How fast? Back in 2019, Google celebrated when its quantum computer performed “a computation in 200 seconds that would have taken the world’s fastest supercomputer 10,000 years.”
Educators and scientists say K-12 students must be exposed to quantum information science at an early age to prepare them for advanced math and science in college and, later, for careers in…