2024 Alabama Data Scholars Internship Hosts We are thrilled to announce our partners for the inaugural Data Scholars cohort of 2024! The Alabama Data Scholars program is offering top high school juniors and seniors around the state an opportunity to explore the growing fields of data science and artificial intelligence (AI). The 8-week summer program […]
Breakthrough Birmingham, one of Breakthrough Collaborative‘s 25 affiliates across the US, is dedicated to reversing educational inequity in the communities we work with in Alabama, namely Birmingham and Talladega. We deeply believe in empowering youth at all levels through our pillars: Relationships, Growth, and Exposure. Using a students-teaching-students model, we recruit high-impact undergraduate students from […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the world in recent years. It’s transformed how we work, the ways we spend our time, and how we interact with technology. Whether it’s virtual assistants, large-language chatbots, or personalized Netflix recommendations, AI technology is everywhere. And yet, despite this, we still haven’t scratched the surface of its potential for […]
The need for data literacy education in K-12 has never been higher. This article will provide an exhaustive look at the need for data literacy, examine existing efforts, and provide recommendations for educators. Data Literacy in Context In 2010, the world collected two zettabytes of data. To put that into perspective, If the average novel had a […]
[ez-toc] As state superintendents refine their K-12 educational strategies to equip students with future-ready skills, there’s an unmistakable urgency to address the nuanced but essential difference between computer science education and data science learning requirements. The trend is clear: computational thinking has been anchored as a core skill within educational curricula, but as data becomes […]
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