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The Key to Fixing the Gender Gap in Math and Science: Boost Women’s Confidence

Digital Promise

Women remain less likely to enroll in math-heavy fields of study and pursue math-heavy careers. This pattern persists despite major studies finding no meaningful differences in mathematics performance among girls and boys. The gender gap varies across STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math.

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To attract more blacks and Hispanics to STEM, universities must address racial issues on campus

The Hechinger Report

Students of color studying science, technology, engineering and math (collectively known as STEM) are underrepresented at schools around the country and even though most don’t face overt racism they face a set of challenges that have led to persistent issues of under-representation at the graduate levels and across STEM professions.

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If girls are bad at math, should we blame their mothers?

The Hechinger Report

Girls in biased homes performed worse on math tests, study finds. Now a team of economists has produced a study that calculates how a family’s attitudes about women can impede girls’ math achievement at school. . Related: The biggest hole in the STEM pipeline starts before kindergarten.

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50 Ways to Teach Using Music in Your Classroom

Waterford

One study found that children who participated in musical activities had higher overall academic grades than those who did not.[2]. A study at Northwestern Oklahoma State University found that children involved in their school’s music program felt better about their individual growth and had fewer feelings of alienation.[4].

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How Internships Connect First Generation College Bound Students to STEM Careers

MindShift

This story on STEM education was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. For example, the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s summer program, Elevate Math, is raising algebra readiness, a critical first step on the STEM success track.

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Buying or Building Research-Backed Edtech? The Government Can Help

Edsurge

Parametric Studios (STEM game). Department of Education’s Institute of Education Science , which has given 85 SBIR awards since 2002. A strong effort, says Sokikom’s Patel, requires “a lot of studying into the history of education research, and even research in fields outside of education.” EdSurge (edtech product discovery).

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions.