Expansion of AP computer science courses draws more girls and minorities
Expansion of AP computer science courses draws more girls and minorities
Ten years ago, girls were so scarce in high school computer science classes that the number of female students taking Advanced Placement tests in that subject could be counted on […]
Latino, black boys an untapped population in tech world
*There is an emphasis in tech to recruit, mentor and foster girls and young women toward careers in technology. But while Latino and black boys and men have higher rates […]
CareCloud & CodeLLa Partner to Inspire Young Hispanic Girls to Learn Code and Entrepreneurship
*Congratulations to Taquista Josie Goytisolo! I remember conversations when CodeLLa was an idea and a dream, and now it’s doing the good work, fighting the good fight. ¡Enhorabuena! V MIAMI, […]
Obama pushing broadband for low-income households
*It’s a HUD pilot program that harnesses the energy of the biggest names in the tech corporate world, matches it with selected city governments and provides vital access to children […]
Why Hispanics hold the key to the Comcast merger
*This headline is misleading in many ways. First, Latinos don’t hold the key to anything in the proposed Comcast/Time Warner merger. Unless you qualify a point of argument as a […]
El teléfono
By Antonia Cereijido, Latino USA Seventy-two percent of Latinos over eighteen own smartphones – almost ten percent more than the national average. We try to answer why Latinos use phones […]
Latino Families Embrace Digital Tools, But Have Less Online Access
*A new twist on the digital divide. Latinos use of sophisticated technology rivals middle class whites, but Latinos have less opportunity to access that technology – tablets, e-readers, computers and high […]
Cal State L.A. student and twin sister win top prize at AT&T Hackathon
*No que No??!!! The twin sisters created a camera with face tracking technology to be worn by cops in the field. They got to work on it after the events […]
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality
By Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. fter more than a decade of debate and a record-setting proceeding that attracted nearly 4 million public comments, the time to settle […]
Open Letter to Google: You’re Wasting Your Time, and Ours
Dear Google, I took the cover picture at a grocery store out of a delusional sense of pride. How wonderful, I thought, that Mexican food would have such a proud […]