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Girls Who Code (also known as GWC) is an international nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science.Among its programs are a summer immersion program, a specialized campus program, after-school clubs, a college club, College Loops, [1] [2] and a series of books. [3]
Dec. 16—Mylan Park Elementary's Girls Who Code Club visited Charleston Monday for "Country Roads Codes Day at the Capitol." While there, these girls spoke to legislators and visitors about the ...
Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization, founded to close the gap of gender within technology. The organization was founded by Reshma Saujani in 2012 in New York City with around 20 girls. As of August 2017, the organization is now in all 50 states with a membership of 40,000 girls. [ 108 ]
Photo from Girls Who Code Launch Day. Saujani founded Girls Who Code in 2012 after visiting schools and becoming aware of the gender disparity in computing while campaigning for Congress. [38] Saujani was a speaker at the 2016 TED Conference, with her talk focusing on encouraging young girls to take risks and learn to program. [39]
Girls Who Code cites that the biggest drop off of girls in computer science occurs between the ages of 13 and 17. Ott does plan to expand the grade level offerings up through 12th so that students ...
Hiles' comments are the latest in a still developing fight between Black Girls Code’s board and the nonprofit’s recently ousted founder Kimberly Bryant. The battle includes a number of known ...
The Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School is a middle and secondary school located in Philadelphia.It is a magnet school, ranked the 4th best high school in the nation, [3] located in the Spring Garden neighborhood.
Black Girls Code (BGC) is a nonprofit organization that focuses on engaging African-American girls and other youth of color with computer programming education to nurture their careers in tech. The organization offers computer programming and coding, as well as website, robot, and mobile application-building, with the goal of placing one ...