Article: THE GIRLS HAVE IT!(math, science, and technology education for girls)

Today! girls can become anything they want--engineers, computer programmers, astronauts. But do they know this?

Once upon a time Tanya, a fourth grader at an inner-city school in Atlanta, was a budding scientist, computer expert, and math wizard.

As a kindergartner, Tanya was just as enthusiastic about computers and other gadgets as were the boys in her class. When her first-grade class put on the play Peter Pan, it was Tanya's idea to design colorful, computer-generated invitations. In third grade, when her class studied ecosystems, Tanya and her friends published reports of their scientific experiments in an on-line classroom newspaper.

But ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!