Description
We need to better understand how formal and informal learning environments respectively address the needs and/or fail to prepare Black, Latino/Hispanic, and native/indigenous students to meet specific demands of an ever-shifting, increasingly technical working world in the space of cloud computing, data analytics, and “the internet of things.” In Mary Jo Madda’s current dissertation work, she’s exploring how public high school programs compare with informal, after-school programs—specifically Code Next—when training high school freshmen of color (Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native/Indigenous) on the most quickly-growing industries, including cloud computing and data science.
