Oakland Teacher Bringing Girls to Computer Science
Long interested in bridging educational gaps for women and people of color, a teacher at Bret Harte Middle School in California has inspired students and recruited them to computer studies with all-girls classes.
June 09, 2021 •
Toting a chalkboard and her clipboard, she d teach her neighbor-students arithmetic in her free time.
In high school, Parnell worked in a local elementary school in her community of south Los Angeles. While a student at the women s college Bryn Mawr, she helped coordinate a tutoring program for high school students. I ve always wanted to be in this field, said Parnell, an educator at Oakland s Bret Harte Middle School honored by the district with a Teacher of the Year award in May.