Attracting Women into Technology Pathways

The following two upcoming events identify strategies for attracting women into technology careers: The American Association of University Women (AAUW), the nation’s leading voice promoting equity and education for women and girls, has recently completed new research that takes a deeper dive into why engineering and computing, fields that offer 80 percent of STEM jobs, still
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CDE Sponsors Free Workshop on Integrated Curriculum

The California Department of Education is sponsoring a One-Day C-STEM Professional Development workshop in Los Angeles and in Santa Clara. The Professional Development is provided by UC Davis C-STEM staff and will focus on Integrating Computing and Robotics into Mathematics, Science & CTE to Close the Achievement Gap & to Prepare Students for Career and
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Facebook to hold first Information Security Career Meet-up for Students

Julian Nagler from Facebook’s Information Security team has announced the first virtual meet and greet scheduled for students next Friday, March 20th, 2015. Facebook is making this effort to help increase student interest to meet the growing demand for qualified talent in the information security careers and the negative impact that system vulnerabilities is having
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California ICT Pathways 2015 Update

The California-ICT-Sector-Pathways-2015-Update provides information on why subjects taught in courses that align to the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) model standards are important to California’s economy. High-quality Career Technical Education programs are responsive to changing economic demands. The update highlights areas in California where there is high need to develop an ICT workforce and for linking K-12
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