Students at Chicago’s Lane Tech College Prep High School learn to build apps using Swift, Apple’s programming language. Tech companies hope that the presence of their products in classrooms will turn students into long-term customers. Apple, meanwhile, has been slipping — with iOS making up 12.3 percent of new tech shipping to classrooms and MacOS at 4.7 percent. [ Apple, Google take reputation ding among consumers for lackluster products in new poll ]Apple didn't respond to a request for comment on the coming announcement. The school where Apple will hold its event next week, Lane Tech College Prep, was featured in Apple's release detailing its coding curriculum program.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2018 17:35 UTC