Science and Engineering: Innovation, Research, Education and Economics
April 2, 2007
Lead the Way - Cleveland

Project Lead the Way introduces students to engineering (site broke the link so I removed it - poor usability):

Project Lead The Way offers hands-on curriculum to allow students a taste of the creativity, variety, teamwork and possibilities engineering fields are offering. The course teaches students the key elements and skills of engineering and technology-based careers.

“In the five years we’ve had this program, we went from 20 to over 300 students,” he said. “Our goal is gender equity. We want to see more diversity. We started out with two females five years ago. Now we’re about 28 percent female. We’re seeing more African Americans and more Asians coming in.”

Related: Middle School Engineers - Getting Students Hooked on Engineering

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