Empowering Girls

I ran across two Washington Post articles this morning dealing with the empowerment of girls. The first is about a D.C. couple who have launched a web site called A Mighty Girl that identifies books and movies with girl-empowering themes. The second is about encouraging girls’ interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields.

Re-engage boys in learning

Another winner from the Ted talks.  Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning. 20-second version: Classrooms are designed for girls. Here are the barriers we put in boys’ way – 1, 2, 3 (see clip for details). Let’s find ways to engage and, at the same time, teach. Video game production,with adequate resources, could have both.