Stuck in the shallow end
by Jane Margolis · first published 2008
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Looking at the experiences of students and teachers in three LA public high schools, this volume investigates why so few African American and Latino high school students are studying computer science.
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…https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30061511 An excelelnt book regarding these is 'Simple Justice by Richard Kluger https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Justice-Education-Americas-Str... Another book focusing on computing is 'Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing by Jane Margolis https://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Shallow-End-Education-Computing... There is a wealth of info regarding these things, see redlining for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
on “Around one-in-three children globally suffer from lead poisoning” ↗…recommend that talk about why you see so few women in computing (as opposed to biology, math, etc) and also why you see so few black men and women: * Unlocking the Clubhouse: http://a.co/8oXDROX * Stuck in the Shallow End: http://a.co/9HXgvKW These are not only well written, but they're also well researched and well thought out. They're worth reading on their own merits, but you may find them a useful debunking to the…
on “Why it may be illegal for Google to punish that engineer over his now viral memo” ↗