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The Wyoming Girls School, which serves court-ordered delinquent girls ages 12-21, works to avoid most visible signs of security. But it makes use of its rural location—set just beyond the center of town in Sheridan, Wyo., abutting the town’s small airport runway—both for security and pedagogy.
The Wyoming Girls School, which serves court-ordered delinquent girls ages 12-21, works to avoid most visible signs of security. But it makes use of its rural location—set just beyond the center of town in Sheridan, Wyo., abutting the town’s small airport runway—both for security and pedagogy.
Kristina Barker for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement Photos Learning in a Corrections Facility: A Day at Wyoming Girls School
A stay in a corrections facility—often hours away from home, school, and everything familiar—is a shock to the system for any student.
Education Week Photo Staff, March 6, 2018
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Leadership, Sexism, Girls, and Education
There are good reasons why educators, more than most, have a responsibility to find where the 'isms' hide within them and how they become visible to others.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, October 1, 2017
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Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion The Legacy of Michelle Obama and the Let Girls Learn Initiative
How the Let Girls Learn campaign—a signature initiative of Mrs. Obama—is empowering girls around the world.
Heather Singmaster, January 12, 2017
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Educating Girls To Be Entrepreneurs
As educators and leaders, we must tell stories about successful social entrepreneurs, so that when someone says the term "entrepreneur" we are as likely to think of Sarah Kauss and her S'well bottle as Steve Jobs.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, October 25, 2016
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Eight Reasons to Empower Girls in Schools: Educators should embrace the educational value of youth activism, especially for female students, urges Colby College’s Lyn Mikel Brown.
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Eight Reasons to Empower Girls in Schools
Educators should embrace the educational value of youth activism, especially for female students, urges Colby College’s Lyn Mikel Brown.
Lyn Mikel Brown, October 11, 2016
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Education Opinion Girls Score Higher on Technology and Engineering Test
Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveal that 8th grade girls scored better than boys on an assessment focused on technology and engineering.
Matthew Lynch, June 7, 2016
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School Climate & Safety Video Terri N. Watson: On Black Girls, Discipline, and Schools
According to federal data, black girls are suspended at a rate that is six times higher than that of their white female peers. Black girls receive harsher criminal sentences than their white female peers do in the juvenile-justice system, and they also represent its fastest-growing population. Researcher Terri N. Watson explains how schools contribute to the statistics by treating black girls as obnoxious and problematic students, instead of celebrating them for being strong and principled. Education Week Video
June 2, 2016
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School Climate & Safety Video Shaun R. Harper: On Black Girls, Discipline, and Schools
Most of the discussion around the disproportionality of black students’ suspension or expulsion from K-12 schools has focused on boys. Only more recently have researchers begun to surface the numbers of black girls who are subject to severe disciplinary measures in schools, including by school resource officers. Education Week Commentary sat down with researcher Shaun R. Harper at the 2016 American Educational Research Association conference to discuss his perspective on this crisis. Education Week Video
June 2, 2016
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Equity & Diversity Video Bettina Love: On Black Girls, Discipline, and Schools
According to federal data, black girls are suspended at a rate that is six times higher than that of their white female peers. Black girls receive harsher criminal sentences than their white female peers do in the juvenile-justice system, and they also represent its fastest-growing population. Researcher Bettina L. Love discusses how the schools attended by African-American girls who live in poverty are often low-performing and too focused on discipline. Education Week Video
June 2, 2016
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School Climate & Safety Video Adrienne D. Dixson: On Black Girls, Discipline, and Schools
According to federal data, black girls are suspended at a rate that is six times higher than that of their white female peers. Black girls receive harsher criminal sentences than their white female peers do in the juvenile-justice system, and they also represent its fastest-growing population. Education Week Commentary sat down with researcher Adrienne D. Dixson at the 2016 American Educational Research Association conference to discuss how schools operate on the assumption that students of color and low-income students of color need to be heavily disciplined. Education Week Video
June 2, 2016
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Melody Newcomb for Education Week
School Climate & Safety Opinion Policing Girls of Color in Schools
School resource officers and the schools they serve require a culture shift to reduce the discipline rates of girls of color, writes Rebecca Epstein.
Rebecca Epstein, May 31, 2016
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Federal Title IX Amendment in Senate ESEA Bill Seeks to Highlight Inequalities in Sports
The amendment would require schools to report on both access to girls' organized sports and the funding for girls' sports.
Lauren Camera, July 9, 2015
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Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion Michelle Obama Announces U.K. Partnership to Support Girls' Education
On a trip to the United Kingdom, First Lady Michelle Obama revealed a partnership "to improve girls' access to education around the world."
Matthew Lynch, June 22, 2015
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School & District Management Los Angeles District Approves Plans For Two Girls-Only Schools
One school, the Girls Academic Leadership Academy, will focus on STEM to increase the number of girls who take those classes and participate in STEM careers.
Denisa R. Superville, April 15, 2015
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