Dante A. Ciampaglia

Dante A. Ciampaglia is the editor of The Elective, the College Board's education magazine

54 Articles

grid of six images, two by three, of women programmers, the grid against a background of a computer punchcard

  • 15 Min Read

Interview

Forgotten Pioneers of the Digital Revolution

  • 15 Min Read
young black man in a hoodie pulled up over his head smiles as he works on a math problem using a pen, paper, and calculator

  • 15 Min Read

Interview

STEM Access Blooms in Mississippi

  • 15 Min Read
Female high school student wearing a hard hat and plastic face shield using a grinder on a car wheel, creating sparks

  • 11 Min Read

Interview

A Career Education Paradigm in Massachusetts

  • 11 Min Read
closeup of a silver keyboard with a blue button that reads “survey” with a check mark between the A and D keys

  • 1 Min Read

News

Take the Elective Reader Survey!

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Headshot photo of Teanna Williams smiling in a graduation cap and gown against a green background

  • 10 Min Read

Profile

Discovering Her Purpose—and Defying Old Stigmas—in Research

  • 10 Min Read
High angle view of multigenerational family enjoying meal outdoors

  • 11 Min Read

Interview

A Digital Celebration of Black Food and Community

  • 11 Min Read
overhead view on four young woman preparing together concepts for climate protection on desk indoors

  • 5 Min Read

News

Climate Change in the Classroom

  • 5 Min Read
Mary Coombs stands in front of a recreated EDSAC computer

  • 4 Min Read

Profile

A Pioneer of Commercial Computing

  • 4 Min Read
Black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk in front of a computer

  • 4 Min Read

Feature

10 Black Computer Science Pioneers Everyone Needs to Know

  • 4 Min Read
Woman in a suit holds a clipboard while standing in a white room full of circuits and and a large control board

  • 2 Min Read

Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Annie J. Easley

  • 2 Min Read
Photo of Clarence Skip Ellis smiling while holding a small yellow box

  • 3 Min Read

Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Clarence "Skip" Ellis

  • 3 Min Read
Black and white headshot photo of Evelyn Boyd Granville

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Evelyn Boyd Granville

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Black and white headshot photo of Frank Greene

  • 2 Min Read

Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Frank S. Greene

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Headshot photo of a smiling Gladys West

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Gladys West

  • 3 Min Read
Man in a red shirt smiles and gestures while he speaks while seated at a table

  • 3 Min Read

Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: John Henry Thompson

  • 3 Min Read
Photo of Marian Croak, in a pink shirt against a blue background, speaking to someone off frame

  • 2 Min Read

Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Marian R. Croak

  • 2 Min Read
Headshot photo of Mark Dean

  • 3 Min Read

Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Mark Dean

  • 3 Min Read
Photo of Rediet Abebe smiling against a striped background

  • 4 Min Read

Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Rediet Abebe

  • 4 Min Read
Black and white photo of Roy Clay

  • 3 Min Read

Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Roy L. Clay Sr.

  • 3 Min Read
cover of the book system error

  • 18 Min Read

Interview

Patching the Technology of Democracy

  • 18 Min Read
Shot of a businesswoman giving a presentation to her colleagues on a whiteboard in a boardroom

  • 5 Min Read

News

Introducing the College Board Foundation

  • 5 Min Read
Zaila Avant-Garde smiling while holding her national spelling bee trophy

  • 3 Min Read

News

Zalia Avant-garde Makes Spelling Bee History

  • 3 Min Read
Farmer Woman Using Digital Tablet With Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Analyzing Plant Disease in Corn Agriculture Fields. Technology Smart Farming and Innovation Agricultural Concepts.

  • 13 Min Read

Interview

The Next Agricultural Revolution

  • 13 Min Read
Ruthe Farmer holds her arm and hand up while speaking at a dias

  • 14 Min Read

Interview

The Computer Science Evangelist

  • 14 Min Read
A young woman holding notebooks and folders in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other smiles while standing on a college campus

  • 6 Min Read

News

A Broader View of College Readiness

  • 6 Min Read
Three high school students, two male and one female, look at a model wind turbine and take notes

  • 5 Min Read

News

The Case for Project-Based Learning

  • 5 Min Read
a black male college student sitting at a desk cluttered with books in a darkened library

  • 3 Min Read

Extra Credit

What College Students Are Reading in 2021

  • 3 Min Read
Two young women, all wearing masks, work at laptop computers while a third woman, also masked, points at a computer screen as she assists one of the others.

  • 4 Min Read

News

Reprogramming Computer Science Education

  • 4 Min Read
Cover of the book Math Without Numbers

  • 13 Min Read

Interview

The Shape of Donuts, the Universe, and Everything

  • 13 Min Read
the cover of why did i get a b against a dusty green chalkboard

  • 11 Min Read

Interview

Teachers Aren’t Supposed to Talk Like That—Are They?

  • 11 Min Read
graphic with the words how we go home in an orange box with a closeup of signposts on the right

  • 12 Min Read

Interview

Decolonizing the Curriculum

  • 12 Min Read
someone holds a smartphone with a news app open

  • 12 Min Read

Interview

Fake News Is Real! (And What to Do About It)

  • 12 Min Read
Photo of three young Native American women of various ages, smiling while wearing traditional Navajo dress

  • 4 Min Read

Handbook

Indigenous Peoples Day Resources for Every Classroom

  • 4 Min Read
A Native American woman in a colorful headdress looks left during a celebration

  • 5 Min Read

News

Why We Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

  • 5 Min Read
a group of young black men work on a boat for their rowing team

  • 10 Min Read

Interview

America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team Found Salvation on the Water

  • 10 Min Read
photo of space shuttle atlantis blasting off

  • 13 Min Read

Interview

Guiding the Space Shuttle—and the Trajectory of Space Exploration

  • 13 Min Read
cover of the book broad band

  • 12 Min Read

Interview

The Secret History of Women in Tech

  • 12 Min Read
screenshot of teacher jenifer hitchcock

  • 13 Min Read

Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Jenifer Hitchcock, AP Government and Politics

  • 13 Min Read
grid of five icons on different color backgrounds representing five ap courses

  • 4 Min Read

Extra Credit

Build Your Own Summer School with These Five AP Playlists

  • 4 Min Read
split-screen screenshot featuring teachers Virge Cornelius on the left and Mark Kiraly on the right

  • 12 Min Read

Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Virge Cornelius and Mark Kiraly, AP Calculus AB

  • 12 Min Read
screenshot of ap us history teacher scott horton

  • 8 Min Read

Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Scott Horton, AP U.S. History

  • 8 Min Read
screenshot of ap physics teacher joshua beck

  • 11 Min Read

Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Joshua Beck, AP Physics 1

  • 11 Min Read
black and white head shot of lin-manuel miranda on a blue and white background

  • 4 Min Read

News

Lin-Manuel Miranda Takes AP Students Into Room Where It Happens

  • 4 Min Read
close up on a young woman studying in front of an open laptop computer

  • 4 Min Read

Handbook

Five AP Classes to Get You Through Quarantine

  • 4 Min Read
young woman wearing a hoodies reacts with surprise as her mother sits smiling on the right side of the image

  • 3 Min Read

News

Opportunity Knocks for 25 High School Seniors

  • 3 Min Read
the cover of the book pencils you should know on a lavendar background surrounded by pencils in different colors

  • 11 Min Read

Interview

Sharpening Our Pencil History, From Yellow to No. 2

  • 11 Min Read
four girl scouts stand in front of a portrait of frederick douglass at the national portrait gallery

  • 6 Min Read

Handbook

Five Great Virtual Field Trips for Students, Educators, and Families

  • 6 Min Read
a research associate at the university of texas holds a syringe in one hand and a test tube in another while working on researching coronavirus treatment

  • 4 Min Read

News

Universities Race to Develop Coronavirus Treatments

  • 4 Min Read
an image of a hello my name is name tag sticker with the elective written on it

  • 3 Min Read

News

Welcome to The Elective

  • 3 Min Read
cover of the book coders by clive thompson featuring a yellow book jacket with the title in red at the top and a stylized green and white pixelation of earth at the bottom

  • 14 Min Read

Interview

Decoding America’s Operating System

  • 14 Min Read
detail of cover of michael powell's book canyon dreams, featuring an old basketball hoop

  • 12 Min Read

Interview

Hopes, Hoops, and Dreams on the Navajo Nation

  • 12 Min Read
an older man with a long beard and wearing sunglasses smiles as he takes a selfie with his smartphone

  • 2 Min Read

News

Ciao, Influencer—Arrivederci, Money

  • 2 Min Read
a female teenage high school student smiles and shows her smartphone to a friend sitting behind her in class

  • 3 Min Read

Extra Credit

Don't Sleep On This Gen Z Slang Dictionary

  • 3 Min Read
a group of male and female high school students stand on a stage reading from scripts as they rehearse for a play

  • 3 Min Read

Extra Credit

The Most Popular High School Musical in the Country Is Creepy, Kooky

  • 3 Min Read