Engineering Academy at Oakland Technical High School Boasts Closing Gender Gap

A story by Laura Flynn of KALW-FM shows how one Bay Area school has been successful in increasing the number of young women completing STEM-related courses in its Engineering Academy.  Focusing on spatial reasoning skills and aligning physics assignments to local college requirements has assisted students to become more proficient.  Noting that the number of women engineering undergraduates at MIT has increased to 35%, the school has added seven of its students to that number in recent years, attributing it to innovative educational techniques used.  http://kalwnews.org/audio/2011/02/09/closing-engineering-gender-gap-oakland-tech_834543.html