Where the Girls Aren't
An item on Slashdot pointed me to this article in today's Times, on the same old question: why aren't more girls interested in computer science? "One camp says that girls see computers as a communications tool, and the best way to engage them is to exploit that and offer classes that stress using programs -- say, designing Web sites or online magazines -- over creating them. The other side says that such preferences exist only because no one has tried to expand girls' technological horizons." (Side note: the author is an advocate of single-sex education for girls.)
Update: a comment on this article from the Singapore Business Times at business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,69330,00.html