The Hour of Code 2014

We’ve talked on the blog before about the fantastic organization Girls Who Code, a group actively working to increase the number of girls in the computer science field in the next year. Computer science falls right in line with something important we also often discuss here on the blog: STEM skills (science, technology, engineering, and […]

Girls Who Code

Stereotypically and traditionally, manufacturing and STEM-related careers are associated with men, stinky factories, and sweat-filled assembly lines. These cultural stigmas are one of the main reasons America is having such a rough time keeping and adding women to the manufacturing field– the numbers just aren’t there. And more importantly, these stigmas just aren’t true anymore. […]