When she taught third grade in Houston, Summer Robinson invited a friend, a female mechanical engineer at Chevron, to visit ...

In a broader context, the findings for math are less surprising. Girls earn better math grades than boys, for instance.

Girls Rule AI teaches free AI intro courses to girls around the world. For one high school student in New Jersey, a single computer science competition fueled a mission to get more teenage girls ...

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Study reveals kids as young as six believe boys excel in computer science. Explore how early gender biases shape STEM perceptions.

As the oldest daughter of six, Vanessa Tostada always felt pressure from her immigrant parents to succeed in school. She ...

Women in these fields are almost at parity with men at the most selective schools, but the gender gap doubled at many of the ...

Some girls are also put off by "computer anxiety" as studying computing ... The computing gender gap is echoed among wider science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.

“I am currently looking at a career in cybersecurity, which combines law and ethics with computer science,” said Kee. Creating a safe space for young girls to test out STEM activities helps ...

The 80 or so girls who participated took part in nine exciting workshops ... These included Electrical Engineering; Chemistry; Reptilian Biology; Computer Science; Soldering; 3D Printing & Virtual ...