Even a “Clojure for Kids” thing. I think that would be a really cool effort.
I guess my “call to action” of this post originally was that when your in conversation with folks, online or elsewhere, and someone brings up a “downside” of Clojure being that it is hard, try to push back on that a little. Explain that many people find it to be the easiest language, many of whom considered themselves “beginners.”
I think a really cool DS/ML project at this intersection could be a version of 4clojure that auto generates questions and answers. Also, a much more nuanced pedagogical hierarchy - so the first 10 or 20 “levels” of advancement should be achievable by children. Such a system should be able to keep auto-generating questions and answers until the learner “graduates” beyond the current level.