Resources

The AspireIT K-12 education program connects high school and college women with K-12 girls interested in computing. Using a near-peer model, program leaders teach younger girls fundamentals in programming and computational thinking in fun, creative environments that are supported by program partners from the NCWIT community. The relationship between the program leaders and their program partners fosters mentoring with technical professionals, increases young women’s confidence in their computing abilities, and develops valuable leadership skills.

BootUp is dedicated to empowering elementary teachers and students through computer science and creating equitable computer science programs in underrepresented and underserved communities. Since 2015, BootUp has worked with over 300 elementary schools impacting over 150,000 students, providing in-person professional development, coaching, and resources that prepare teachers to facilitate coding projects in Scratch and ScratchJr. Students are inspired through creative and interactive lessons that allow them to explore their personal interests with code.

This resource from datascience@berkeley, the online Master of Information and Data Science from the UC Berkeley School of Information, provides a timeline of women's achievements in computing and computer science starting with Ada Lovelace and ending with Joy Buolamwini. It also dives into the gender gaps in education, leadership and the workforce, and includes additional resources for women and specifically for women and young girls of color.

Code Nation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes the tech community to help more young people gain the skills, experiences, and connections that together create access to careers in technology. With a volunteer teaching corps of nearly 300 professional web and software developers and a network of school and company partners, we provide multi-year coding courses and work-based learning programs to students who attend under-resourced high schools. Our industry-aligned, front-end curriculum includes HTML, CSS, JQuery, and JavaScript.