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Choosing a high school track that combines mathematics, physics, and computer science is a springboard for a career in high-tech. Despite the clear benefits, not enough girls choose this path: it starts as early as kindergarten where they are sent to play with dolls rather than robots, but schools also fail to convey a message of capability. Education experts and students who have taken on the...

As Israel faces a shortage of scientists and engineers, every outstanding researcher who drops out of the track due to structural barriers is a loss for academia and industry.