Diversifying the future of STEM
June 14, 2019
by Center for Education Excellence & Talent Development
The Chamber hosted a special joint Education & Workforce Development and Innovation & Technology Council with Susan Bonilla, state director at the Council for a Strong America, who highlighted how the graduation rate in computer science is starkly low when it comes to black and Latino students. In 2013, only 6,000 students graduated in computer science in California, out of 6.2 million. That same year, 24,000 students took the AP computer science test. Only 5,000 of them were Latino and 547 were black. To combat this, many groups are spearheading efforts to ensure that kids today are getting the necessary skills and training in order to succeed in the STEM world of tomorrow. Bonilla sits as a panel member for the California Computer Science Strategic Implementation Plan, where educators are paving a future for computer science innovation in California’s education system. “We will not have economic success if we do not have educational success,” said Bonilla. SEE THE PHOTOS.
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