“We try to make it fun and engaging for them,” De said.
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The team organizes pocket personal computer classes to teach other kids how to build pocket PCs and write computer code for video games. Scharberg said the opportunities, support and resources might look different for each student because each learns differently and has different interests and goals.ĭe now has a team of about 20 high school volunteers who are helping kids in Oakland, New York and Hispanic areas of San Jose learn about STEM. He researched the education equity gap created by what he says is an unfair school system and decided to start a nonprofit called Pi Kids.Įducation equity means every student has access to resources, support and opportunities for their academic success as other students, said Maureen Scharberg, professor and dean of academic programs and services at California State University East Bay. “This was mindboggling to me,” De said in an interview. This realization started when a babysitter told him that her school did not have the same resources, such as computers, that his school did. A San Ramon high school junior is bringing science, technology, engineering and mathematics, otherwise known as STEM education, to less fortunate kids in Oakland and elsewhere.Ĭalifornia High School student Sayam De started the work two years ago because at a young age he saw a gap in resources between schools.
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