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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Is it boy vs. girl?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
About 90 metro girls are attending the Geek Squad Summer Academy where they will learn how to build and network computers and other ins and outs of technology.
Last month the National Association of Women in Construction sponsored a summer camp in Gwinnett where girls learned about power tools and got a taste of carpentry, welding and electrical engineering.
The programs are admirable, but they bring up two questions: Do they successfully encourage girls to pursue careers in male-dominated fields? And where are the summer programs for boys?
So many groups emphasize the need for more girls to pursue math, science and technology but there is little focus on boys. National studies show boys struggle more with reading and writing but we don’t see summer programs addressing this.
If we develop programs for girls are we neglecting boys? Is there a way to help one gender without slighting the other?
