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22 Dec How efforts to combine arts with STEM education could improve tech diversity
Nettrice Gaskins, who directs the STEAM Lab at Boston's only art-focused high school, told attendees at an event at Harvard Law School that mixing art with technology could provide an opportunity for students of color that isn't always discussed.
21 Dec Silicon Valley’s Diversity Myth
I rarely think the world has gone mad but, once in a while, I am certain of it. For sanity’s sake, I have no choice but to risk being burned on a third rail issue and tell you that broad accusations of institutional bias and sexism in Silicon Valley are way, way overblown. There, I said it.
18 Dec With Knight Foundation support, PowerMoves program to launch in Miami
While black and Hispanic students earn nearly 20 percent of computer science degrees, they make up only 9 percent of the technology industry and less than 1 percent of technology company founders.