Christine Quinn proposes five all-girl tech schools

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By Erin Durkin AND Ben Chapman / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

To close the gender gap in city science classrooms, City Council Speaker and mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn would create five new science schools exclusively for girls.

Quinn unveiled her bold plan to boost female participation in STEM - science, technology, engineering and math - at a Monday press conference in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

She made the STEM school proposal as part of an all-day, five-borough tour marking Women’s Equality Day, highlighting her bid to be the city’s first woman mayor.

“We can’t lose sight of the fact that many of our girls, the next generation of powerful women, aren’t being fully supported today,” said Quinn.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/christine-quinn-proposes-all-girl-tech-schools-article-1.1437536#ixzz2d8gc1eSz

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1. In my opinion, a huge mistake

It's the girls who hold girls back in science and tech. And I hear this from some pretty technical ladies - including some of the pioneers of the FIRST program.
Wanna know how? Read "Odd Girl Out" by Rachel Simmons.

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2. a really dumb idea

education is the exchange of ideas. ideas are not female or male.