REDMOND, Wash. (AP) – The Rev. Jesse Jackson continued his push for tech education at a conference Tuesday morning on the Microsoft campus outside of Seattle.
The civil rights leader was in the Seattle area as part of West Coast tour focusing on minority employment in the technology industry. On Monday, he visited a school in Kent that focuses on helping minority and low-income students gain science, math and technology skills.
At the conference in Redmond on improving education in science, technology, engineering and math, a state group released a report calling on Washington state to increase its spending on science and math education.
The report calls for teaching preschoolers to do math, improving science education in elementary school, counseling more students to pursue technical degrees and making more room for them in Washington universities.
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