(BPRW) RACIAL DIVIDE IN TECHNOLOGY AND STEM EDUCATION EXPOSED BY COVID PANDEMIC

Published on April 27, 2022

(Black PR Wire) NEW ORLEANS – On the new episode of the Let’s Talk STEM with Dr. Calvin Mackie podcast, Jackie Smalls, Chief Programs Officer at Code.org, talks about the racial divide in STEM education and technology. She says the COVID-

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