International Day of the Girl Child: Focus on Education

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'Well, you may be thinking, there's no problem here. In the U.S. all girls have access to education, and girls even outnumber boys now in high school graduation rates and college enrollment. True enough. And there's no disputing that girls born in the U.S. have won the lottery of life compared to girls in poor and war-torn countries.

But despite our prosperity and universal education, we still have work to do. Girls are lagging far behind in science, math, and technology enrollment. It's a gender gap our country can't afford, and some innovative programs at lower levels are trying to overcome it early.

Two programs doing just that are Coastal Studies for Girls, which introduces junior high girls to marine science, and Girls Who Code which works to educate and inspire high school girls to go into computer science. Both are nurturing the female technology leaders of tomorrow.'