STEM education
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Pharrell Williams Teams With Amazon, Georgia Tech for Youth Coding Competition
Famed music artist Pharrell Williams has partnered with Amazon and Georgia Tech for a coding competition aiming to foster the…
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STEM Majors Awarded $25,000 Per Year for College
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Morgan Grayned opened the envelope from the Buick…
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Google Embeds Engineers as Professors
Martha Mendoza, ASSOCIATED PRESS MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Howard University freshman Alanna Walton knew something was different about…
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Technology in Education: Research
by Johnny Taylor, MIT, MBA Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Over the last group of weeks…
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Google Backs Three-City Program for Black, Latino Techies
Jessica Guyunn, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today)—The growing effort to get more African Americans and Hispanics to join…
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Obama to Announce Effort to Boost High-Tech Training, Hiring
Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is focusing on high-tech jobs in his bid to…
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Blacks Underrepresented in STEM Classes
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Many young African Americans will be shut out of…
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White House Focuses on Computer Science in Schools
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Smartphones and laptops have become essential tools for today’s…
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Megacommunities Bridge Minority STEM Gap
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an effort to address persistent, racial disparities in science…
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STEM Education Gap Threatens American Economic Success
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – At a time when 6.7 percent unemployment (or, 11.9 percent among…
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