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now you have to know some for the ap exam. woo hoo! it's a process, but it's also still possible to have textbooks that don't reflect the range of what women have done, or the focus will be women and minorities. and you have white women and black men. guess who gets left out? it would be african-american american. that's why i assist -- that's the cover of my book be a majority women of color. they have been written out of the american curriculum. >> host: a little bit more from women's history for "beginners." women and men have played different roles. the very differences tell a great deal about power, citizenship, and democratic ideals. we may acknowledge that our foremothers held different but equally important functions in human history. still, most of what is described in history is, indeed, "his story." the lives and writings of great men. >> when i was in graduate school, the first thing we read "what is history" his argument is even if you rely on documents, they only tell you what the author of the document wanted you to know

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. ♪ them who is taking the ap computer science exam?ot of girls, not a lot of blacks, and not a lot of latinos. in three states no students took no female students took the exam. in eight states no latino students took the exam. to discuss this is the cofounder and executive director of code 2040. nicholas sanchez is also with us. all of this is coming out of a study out of georgia tech university. only 2200 high schools offer this test. who is to blame here? >> you framed the question how early this cap starts and the answer is very early. allnd graders from backgrounds were asked to draw a picture of a scientist and the vast majority drew a white man. we are talking about perceptions of what is possible in your life. there is a huge shortage of teachers who are trying to teach computer science adequately. we're losing way before these kids hit high school. >> i always assumed the numbers were getting better. in wyoming it is far worse. why is no one taken this exam? >> this is something we are seeing across the board. the numbers are

now you have to know some for the ap exam. woo hoo! it's a process, but it's also still possible to have textbooks that don't reflect the range of what women have done, or the focus will be women and minorities. and you have white women and black men. guess who gets left out? it would be african-american american. that's why i assist -- that's the cover of my book be a majority women of color. they have been written out of the american curriculum. >> host: a little bit more from women's history for "beginners." women and men have played different roles. the very differences tell a great deal about power, citizenship, and democratic ideals. we may acknowledge that our foremothers held different but equally important functions in human history. still, most of what is described in history is, indeed, "his story." the lives and writings of great men. >> when i was in graduate school, the first thing we read "what is history" his argument is even if you rely on documents, they only tell you what the author of the document wanted you to know

who is taking the ap computer science exams? not a lot of girls, blacks, or latinos.e states, no female students took the exam. in 11 states, no black students and in eight states, no latino students. how is it impacting a skill gap in silicon valley? we have the managing director at the center for social impact. this is coming out of a study at georgia tech university. 2200 schools -- only 2200 high schools offer this course. there are 22,000 public high schools in the country. who is to blame here? >> you originally framed the question of how early does this gap start? the answer is early. a study was done a few years back and asked second graders to draw a scientist and the majority drew a white man. we are talking about the early self perception. the other thing is there is a huge shortage of teachers who are trained to teach computer science adequately. we are losing way before these kids ever hit high school and that is something we work on. >> one of the things that shocked me is i always assume the numbers are getting better but slowly. in wyoming, it has gott

gradually becoming a successful mainstream and we have to do someone who has this history for the ap exam. so it is often still possible that have textbooks that don't be a part of this. or the focus will be women and minorities. and you have women and black men and guess who gets left out there. american women. so that is why i insisted that the cover be a majority of women of color because they have really been written out of the american curriculum. >> host: a little bit more from "girl reel, revenge of the women's studies professor and women's history for beginners." those very differences tell us a great deal about power and citizenship and democratic ideals. we may acknowledge that we have different but equally important function in human history. and most of what is described is his story. >> guest: when i was in graduate school, his argument was that even if you rely on documents only tell you what the author of the documents want you to know, the fact is that we look at the constitution and the magna carta and the writings of men and women are usually illiterate and they didn't h

now you have to know women's history from the ap exam. it was a process but also possible to have text books that don't reflect the range of what women have done or the focus will be women and minorities and you have white women and black men and get to get left out there? african-american women. that is why i insisted that the cover of my book would be a majority women of color because they have written out of the american curriculum. >> host: baltimore from those very differences tell us more about power, citizenship and democratic ideals. we may acknowledge our foremothers held different but equally important functions in human history. still most of what is described in history is indeed his story, the lives and writings of great men. >> when i was in graduate school, what is history? his argument was even if you rely on documents they only tell you what the author of the document wants you to know about the fact is we look at the constitution, the magna carta, the writings of men, women were usually illiterate, didn't have access to

ap u.s. history exams, putting women's history into something an honor student should know is becoming successful mainstream of women's history. it is a process. but it is still possible to have text books that don't reflect the range of what women have done. or the focus is women and minorities and you have white women and black men and guess who is left out? and that is african-american women. that is why i insisted the cover of my book be a majority of women of color because they have really been written out of the american curriculum. >> host: where women and men play different coals, that tells us a difference about power. still most of what is described in history is indeed this stories the lives and writings of great men. >> guest: when i was in graduate school, we read eh car "what is history" and his argument was if you rely on documents they only tell you what the author of the documents wanted you to know. but we look at the constitution and women were usually illiterate. they were not able to keep journals. so we have narratives which have been put down as old wives tale. we think it