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Don’t say there’s a lack of STEM talent in the South

The Hechinger Report

He created hundreds of desirable jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for black Alabamians. Foster’s legacy of leveraging black talent in the STEM fields cannot be overstated. Total STEM or business degrees. Percent STEM or business degrees. Institution. Total degrees. Alabama A & M University.

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Girls Who Code Goes to Capitol Hill: Can Congress Help Solve the Gender Gap in Tech?

Edsurge

She was working on a research project, and her advisor suggested she take her data down to the math department and “tell them what you want—the guys will make you a program.” A critical part of getting to gender parity in STEM fields, Saujani said, is having schools track and report the demographic data of their computer science classes.

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High school computer science classes might expand in Michigan–will that address equity issues?

eSchool News

In her two years of high school at Dearborn Public Schools’ Virtual K-12 school, rising junior Weaam AlAliyi has already learned about computer programming, understanding algorithms, and data analysis in three computer science courses. Michigan would become the 31st state to have such a requirement, according to 2023 data.

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Shop class is grounded, high school aviation classes are taking flight

The Hechinger Report

By 2026, the industry will need to add an estimated 24,000 airline pilots and by 2027 it might be short as many as 40,000 mechanics. The STEM skills that young people are learning are always going to be generally applicable to our emerging and growing economy,” he said. The market for drone pilots is expected to grow by 51.1

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How 60 Minutes Oversimplified the Gender Gap and Overlooked Women in Tech

Edsurge

One of the things that sets Girls Who Code apart is it believes in single-sex education, which has been found to give girls more opportunities to speak up in class and more confidence to pursue STEM subjects. The girls can learn and fail together, and support each other along the way. It feels isolating to be the only one,” Saujani explains.

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Girls Who Code Founder Awarded McGraw Education Prize

Edsurge

We’re on track to achieve gender parity in entry-level computer science jobs by 2027. Our new data show that our girls are choosing to major in computer science (CS) or related fields at a rate that is 15 times higher than the national average. And we have that.

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Remote learning hurt high school grad rates–ditching exit exams helped

eSchool News

The data showed that the last few months of ninth grade and of senior year can be very important for students to stay on track with credits and graduate on time, though those tend to be times when schools ease up on advising. That means the kinds of support kids need now will vary a lot by place, too.

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