STEM expertise continues to infiltrate the Baltimore City School Board with the recent appointment of Andrew Coy, executive director of the Digital Harbor Foundation, to an open spot.
If Ashley Esposito and April Christina Curley win the school board seats up for election, that would be at least three appointees with STEM backgrounds on the school board. This is an interesting development amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which illuminated how the digital divide impacts the education system.
How should the tech industry intersect with public education? What policies and positions would you want Baltimore City Public Schools to pursue? As entrepreneurs of startups in various sectors, if you could only hire someone with a Baltimore City Public Schools education, what would you want that education to look like so they're best equipped for the role?
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