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

Instructor (1990) | March 1, 2000| | Copyright

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 ...

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