This past year, as described by San Jose Mercury News, an independent student advocacy group used data from the California Department of Education to create A-F letter grades and numerical rankings of the Bay Area Cities based on student performance, size of achievement gaps and college readiness, and academic improvement over five years. The grades from these four factors were all to form overall grades of each city in the Bay Area. The following is the trend of overall grades of few of the major cities surrounding Berkeley over the past five years:
BAY AREA DISTRICT OVERALL GRADES
DISTRICT 2011 2012 CHANGE
Alameda City D+ D +
Antioch D D+ +
Berkeley D+ D+ same
Hayward D D same
Milpitas D+ C- +
Oakland D D- -
Palo Alto D D+ +
San Francisco D D same
San Jose D+ D+ same
These statistics show that this program will serve as the necessary guide and inspiration for middle school students so that they may form their future around their aspirations. This program is an attempt to keep the younger generation interested in technology and promote local talent and work in the technical jobs available in the Silicon Valley.
The PUF program targets to recruit middle school girl participants, especially those who are low-income, recent immigrants, or disabled. Girls from such families have limited exposure to technology. Many families do not support their daughters to venture into technical fields. Though Bay Area is home to latest technology, it is also home to populations where girls still live an impoverished life. By recognizing such young girls who take courage to apply to the program, it becomes our duty to support their dreams and aspirations. PUF promotes such girls, who break the shackles of barriers preventing them to reach high, by helping them believe in their dreams and participate in our program and get aware of the power the computers can unleash in shaping their future.
BAY AREA DISTRICT OVERALL GRADES
DISTRICT 2011 2012 CHANGE
Alameda City D+ D +
Antioch D D+ +
Berkeley D+ D+ same
Hayward D D same
Milpitas D+ C- +
Oakland D D- -
Palo Alto D D+ +
San Francisco D D same
San Jose D+ D+ same
These statistics show that this program will serve as the necessary guide and inspiration for middle school students so that they may form their future around their aspirations. This program is an attempt to keep the younger generation interested in technology and promote local talent and work in the technical jobs available in the Silicon Valley.
The PUF program targets to recruit middle school girl participants, especially those who are low-income, recent immigrants, or disabled. Girls from such families have limited exposure to technology. Many families do not support their daughters to venture into technical fields. Though Bay Area is home to latest technology, it is also home to populations where girls still live an impoverished life. By recognizing such young girls who take courage to apply to the program, it becomes our duty to support their dreams and aspirations. PUF promotes such girls, who break the shackles of barriers preventing them to reach high, by helping them believe in their dreams and participate in our program and get aware of the power the computers can unleash in shaping their future.