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Taft at the Forefront Young Women Lead the Way in Computer Science THE COLLEGE BOARD HAS RECOGNIZED
Taft as one of the top schools in the nation for young women studying computer science at the advanced placement (AP) level. Only four percent of the 20,000 institutions offering AP computer science courses earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award, which recognizes high female representation in those courses. Fewer than one percent—Taft among them—were recognized for high female representation in AP Computer Science A. “This is an exciting time for students of all genders to be engaged with our dynamic computer science curriculum,” notes Dean of Academic Affairs and Mathematics Teacher Jennifer Kenerson. “But we are especially proud to be recognized as a school that is on the leading edge of preparing and empowering young women to compete in STEM and computer science fields.” Announced late in February of this year, schools earning the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award achieved either 50 percent or higher female representation in AP computer science courses during the 2018–19 school year, or the percentage of female computer science examinees met or exceeded that of the school’s female population. Taft is one of only four schools in Connecticut to earn the award, and stands alone among its peer schools in receiving the honor.
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