The Los Angeles Times today profiles a Long Beach charter school that is working to break down stereotypes about women in the workplace; specifically by educating and placing them in male-dominated fields.
Fittingly, the school is named Rosie The Riveter High School.
The school (Rosie High?) has been in operation since 2007, and was borne of the dreams of its founder, Lynn Shaw, who worked her way through jobs as a steelworker and longshoreman to earn a doctorate in Electrical Engineering and vowed to provide other women with opportunities to enter traditionally-male workplaces.
Click here to check out the interesting story, written by Times reporter Bob Pool, who explains that while the school helps young men and women prepare for work in oil refineries, there are also plenty of the 50 students who are interested in fields like writing or pediatrics.
Long Beach has a rather large collection of charter schools that are attracting a growing number of students. New City Schools on Pine Avenue, Constellation Community Middle School on Olive and John Muir Charter on Nieto are all part of a strong charter system in the Long Beach Unified School District.