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title: "KTXL-Sacramento: Sylvan Learning is Getting Women Engaged in STEM at Young Age"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6e339c07-3fbc-4a44-b751-1c235c666ba7
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/ktxl-sacramento-sylvan-learning-is-getting-women-engaged-in-stem-at-young-age-6986
category: "Tutoring"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Tutoring"
published: 2016-10-28T22:17:21.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:54.647Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/a63096189c4f03ffea11e312853db86d2057.jpg
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# KTXL-Sacramento: Sylvan Learning is Getting Women Engaged in STEM at Young Age

**TL;DR:** Sylvan Learning is utilizing hands-on courses to get women engaged in STEM fields at a young age. The brand's education centers have introduced a robotics program to bring STEM into the classroom in a fun and educational way.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-10-28. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/ktxl-sacramento-sylvan-learning-is-getting-women-engaged-in-stem-at-young-age-6986).*

## Story

Monica Wolf of Sylvan Learning discussed how the brand’s education centers are utilizing hands-on courses to get women engaged in the fields of STEM at a young age.

According to the most recent report from the American Society for Engineering Education, women represent less than 25 percent of Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in engineering. And studies from Engineer Your Life and Changing the Conversation have found that young girls don’t have the proper understanding of the engineering field, causing them to shy away from a lucrative industry.

“Because girls have shied away from this field in the past, we want to get them active and engaged at a young age. We introduced our robotics program to bring STEM into the classroom in a fun and educational way,” Wolf said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Sylvan Learning (company)
- stem education (topic)
- women in stem (topic)
- education centers (topic)
- American Society for Engineering Education (regulator)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/ktxl-sacramento-sylvan-learning-is-getting-women-engaged-in-stem-at-young-age-6986). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6e339c07-3fbc-4a44-b751-1c235c666ba7).