KidWind Supports New Activity and Coloring Book Featuring Women in Energy Careers
Saint Paul, Minn. – Following the success of the children’s book Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy Careers, authors Erin Twamley ... Read more
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Report finds persistent STEM career exposure gaps for women
Women play a crucial role in filling high-paying, in-demand STEM careers, but they account for just 34 percent of the STEM workforce, according to a new report from YouScience…
Renaissance Named One of Fortune’s Best Workplaces for Women™ 2023
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Renaissance, a leader in pre-K–12 education technology, announces that the company has been recognized as a 2023 ... Read more
Academy of Hope Case Study
Over the past 40 years Reverend Joseph E. Washington has provided healthcare for the underserved, promoted economic opportunity for ... Read more
CompTIA ChannelPro 2023 Cecilia Galvin Scholarship Winner Announced
Las Vegas (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, announced that Sirihaasa ... Read more
Powerful strategies to motivate girls in STEM
The history of STEM is filled with amazing women who revolutionized our understanding of science. Take Grace Hopper, one of the first computer programmers who went on to…
“Biodegradable sanitary pad made out of dragon fruit peels designed by a team of Vientamese girls wins USD 100,000 in The Earth Prize 2022 competition!”
On Friday, March 25th, The Earth Foundation held a fully virtual event, The Earth Prize 2022 Awards Ceremony, to announce ... Read more
Gale Primary Sources Release New Archives Dedicated to Underrepresented Histories
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – March 30, 2022 – Gale, part of Cengage Group, is supporting academic initiatives in diversity, equity ... Read more
KidWind Supports New Children’s Book Featuring Women in Energy
(Saint Paul, Minn.) November 8, 2021 – Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the authors of the upcoming book Everyday Superheroes: ... Read more
Reimagining schools as remote employers
To think about retaining employees, schools need to think about retaining women, and particularly working moms.
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
Interactive Field Trips Offered to Educators for Black History Month, President’s Day, Women’s History Month and Earth Day
In preparation for several upcoming significant historical, cultural and societal events, the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) has ... Read more
What motivates girls to pursue STEM?
It’s a persistent and troubling problem: Why are girls so underrepresented in STEM clubs and subjects in K-12 through college, ... Read more
Women in Technology Scholarship
The Falling Colors Foundation’s Women in Technology Scholarship will be awarded to a New Mexico high school senior girl who ... Read more
New Trump laws will support women in STEM fields
President Donald Trump has signed two bills aimed at increasing the number of women who pursue entrepreneurial endeavors and space-related STEM careers. "Currently, only 1 in every 4…
Women in Technology Scholarship
StudySoup is offering a $1,000 Women in Technology Scholarship to an outstanding female student who is planning a career in ... Read more
Betsy DeVos: Fierce hostility to public schools should be a disqualifier
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An uptick in the hiring of women for tech jobs
There are signs that tech companies are hiring more women, but women still appear to make up far less than half of all new hires in the industry,…
Women gain in some STEM fields, but not computer science
A few weeks ago, I wrote about ways to get more women interested in computer science, The New York Times reports.
Bringing Women and Minorities to IT
Women earn 57 percent of all undergraduate degrees in the country, and 52 percent of all math and science undergraduate degrees, Government Technology reports.
Why are there still so few women in science?
Last summer, researchers at Yale published a study proving that physicists, chemists and biologists are likely to view a young male scientist more favorably than a woman with…
Young women will find engineering inspiring, not intimidating
Equality and diversity within engineering have been a hot media topic recently, with figureheads such as the president of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Barry Clarke, speaking…