6 female tech leaders offer advice for women in STEM
It's common knowledge that engaging--and retaining--girls and women in STEM classes, STEM degrees, and STEM careers is an ongoing challenge.
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3 ways to create curriculum with real-life relevance
When a school is fortunate to have exceptional teachers with diverse backgrounds, those teachers can draw on their experiences and interests to create a strong, engaging, and original…
imagiLabs brings coding to teenage girls’ phones with imagiCharm wearable accessory
imagiLabs is the all-female founded Stockholm-based startup that aims to bridge the gender divide in coding with its imagiCharm: a ... Read more
Scholastic Teams Up with 5 Female Leaders to Debut New “Rising Voices” K–5 Classroom Library Collection to Empower Girls in STEAM
The Second Collection in the Rising Voices Library® Series Features Powerful Messages from Industry Mentors to Shatter Misconceptions About Girls ... Read more
imagiLabs raises $300k pre-seed to further bridge the gender gap in coding
imagiLabs (www.imagilabs.com), the all-female founded startup that makes coding more accessible to young girls, has raised $300k (€250k) in pre-seed ... Read more
How our coding platform helps us teach STEM
In a district where most of our students receive free or reduced lunches, we have next to no access to high-quality STEM programs, computer science classes, or coding…
Covid’S Hit on Education and Literacy Levels Will Impact a Generation – Can Ebooks Help Us?
Scholastic US research indicates that of children who had read an eBook, 26% of boys and 16% of girls said ... Read more
4 keys to building an equitable STEM program
This year in schools across the nation, approximately 136,000 students took advanced placement (AP) computer science, a 31 percent increase from last year. This group included a record…
Is STEM getting ‘IT’ right for female students?
March 8th was memorable for many reasons. Not only was it International Women’s Day, but Meghan Markle made one of her first official public appearances with her future…
Girls and STEM: A female engineer shares her path
Many people leave Disney World dreaming of becoming a princess, but when I experienced Disney for the first time as a three-year-old, I left the parks with a…