Study: Feminizing STEM Role Models Turns Off Girls
The push to promote more "feminine" role models for science, technology, engineering and math fields may backfire with middle school girls, according to a new study. Read Full Post >
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December 12, 2011
Researchers Probe 'Myths' Around Math Gender Gap
Comparisons of recent international test data undermine the evidence for several of the hypothesized causes of the math achievement gap between boys and girls, according to a new analysis in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Read Full Post >
September 17, 2010
Better Education Attainment Saves Lives
Each additional year of schooling that a country's women attain cuts by nearly 10 percent the children who will die before age 5, according to a new study. Read Full Post >
January 25, 2010
Study: Math-Anxious Teachers Affect Girls' Math Learning
The more anxious a teacher is about math, the more likely girls were to believe negative stereotypes about females' math abilities, a new study says. Read Full Post >
July 01, 2009
Women on Par With Men in Principalship, Says Report
More than half the nation's principals are now women, according to one of five statistical reports released yesterday by the National Center for Education Statistics. Read Full Post >
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