Bridging the STEM Divide
Join us on September 13, 2014 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm on USC’s main campus for Bridging the STEM Divide. Contact ramon@www.smash.org for more... Read More
LPFI Initiative for Equity in AP Computer Science
by Alexis Martin This week, as students across the country took the 2014 Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science exam, it is timely to reflect on... Read More
Benjamin Todd Jealous Joins LPFI Board of Directors
Former head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ben Jealous, Joins Level Playing Field Institute Board of Directors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Read More
The Hackathon Village
“It takes a village to raise a child.” – African proverb “…also to put on a youth hackathon” – Level Playing Field Institute Last summer,... Read More
2013 LPFI Annual Report
Level Playing Field Institute (LPFI) is on the cusp of greatness. We aspire to become the premier STEM equity organization in California and across the... Read More
Join this SMASH parent in supporting LPFI’s 10 Cubed Campaign to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of SMASH!
LPFI recently chatted with one of our supporters who also happens to be the mother of a SMASH alumni. We were so inpsired by her... Read More
Level Playing Field Institute Ramping Up for a New Year
This post is authored by LPFI’s Executive Director Jarvis Sulcer, Ph.D. 2014 is going to be a big year for the Level Playing Field Institute.... Read More
SMASH Scholar Shares How She Got Early Admission to an Elite University
Interview with Samantha Burnell, SMASH Senior Scholar at Stanford In this post Samantha “Sammie” Burnell shares her college application experience and how she gained early... Read More
Level Playing Field Institute Awarded $500K Grant from National Science Foundation
The Level Playing Field Institute (LPFI) has been awarded a grant of $528,161 from the National Science Foundation Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21)... Read More