by Dottie Rose | Dec 13, 2023 | blog, Computer Science, STEAM, STEM, STEMM, Women in Tech
Per The Carolina Journal, on February 14, the North Carolina House Education Committee passed a new bill requiring high school students to take computer science before graduation. Said bill will go into effect for the 2024-2025 school year. Titled House Bill 8, this...
by Dottie Rose | Dec 7, 2023 | blog, Computer Science, STEAM, STEM, STEMM
At the Dottie Rose Foundation, we often get the question – why computer science for our girls? The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects computer science jobs will grow 19% by 2026. Yet, women only earn 18% of computer science bachelor’s degrees in the...
by Dottie Rose | May 19, 2023 | blog, STEAM, STEM, STEMM, STREAM, Technology Facts
Believe it or not, HTML is a huge part of our internet experience and how we read documents online. The seeds planted for creating HTML span further back than you might think. It even predates the official birthday of the internet (January 1, 1983 – our web is 40...
by Dottie Rose | Apr 20, 2023 | blog, STEAM, STEM, STEMM, STREAM, Technology Facts
You could say our scientists were … blinded by the light! Recently, they detected the brightest gamma-ray burst in human history, nicknamed BOAT (Brightest of All Time). The American Astronomical Society (AAS) made the announcement on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. A NASA...