Girls

Science Opinion Girls and Technology: Painting a New Picture
Programming is a creative, social endeavor. Girls need to know that.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, November 30, 2014
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Science Opinion Girls and STEM
So not only do we have an obligation to prepare all students for STEM fields, it seems that particularly for young women, we need to prepare them to be scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians AND we need to prepare them to be advocates who can champion their cause and fight for equal opportunities in these fields.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 6, 2014
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Are We Preparing Girls to Be Leaders?
As teachers and leaders, we can benefit from asking ourselves what we know and what we believe about how we inform our students about gender roles and leadership.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, October 20, 2013
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Student Well-Being & Movement News in Brief Fewer Girls Receive HPV Vaccination
Many parents are choosing not to have their daughters vaccinated against the human papillomavirus because of concerns about the vaccine's safety.
Nirvi Shah, March 26, 2013
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Education Opinion Boys, Girls, and Behavior
This recent Journal of Human Resources article on gender gaps in elementary school students test score performance and teacher-assigned grades contains a lot of fascinating stuff, so it's unfortunate that the media coverage it inevitably attracts has been reduced to "elementary school-aged boys are actually smarter than girls, but teachers screw them over by giving them lower grades based on their behavior." (Give Christina Hoff Sommers credit for not jumping on that stupid bandwagon in this NYT article over the weekend--although her piece is also much more about ideas she already had than what this study found.)
Sara Mead, February 4, 2013
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5 min read
Education Opinion The Mean Girl Dilemma
Relational aggression(RA) is a term to describe behaviors that are used to harm someone by damaging or manipulating their peer relationships.
Peter DeWitt, January 16, 2013
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6 min read
Education Girl Scouts Partner With Sorority on STEM Initiative for Girls
A new initiative is under way to encourage African-American girls to pursue STEM careers.
Nora Fleming, December 28, 2012
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1 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Teaching Girls to Speak Up
Women speak up less than men do when they are outnumbered, according to The Deseret News, but when women do talk, they tend to change a group's outcomes.
Francesca Duffy, November 2, 2012
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Education Opinion Boys, Girls, and NAEP Writing
A bunch of people on twitter have been asking how I can stand by this report debunking the idea of a "boy crisis" when new NAEP writing scores find twice as many girls as boys are proficient in writing.*
Sara Mead, September 18, 2012
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Education Opinion Pregnant Girls Pushed Out of School
If we as a nation want to address the dropout crisis, we must address discrimination against pregnant and parenting students. This is a critical first step to keeping these young women in school and securing a better future for them and their children.
Nancy Flanagan, August 21, 2012
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3 min read
Nadiya Holley, the quarterback for the Ballou High School flag-football team, eludes opponents during a game this spring. The District of Columbia schools, as well as those in New York City, offer the sport—the closest equivalent to football for girls.
Nadiya Holley, the quarterback for the Ballou High School flag-football team, eludes opponents during a game this spring. The District of Columbia schools, as well as those in New York City, offer the sport—the closest equivalent to football for girls.
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Special Report Title IX at 40
In this collection, Education Week examines the landmark federal law’s history, progress, and remaining barriers.
June 13, 2012
Education Opinion Is Education a Girl Thing?
If more women were writing and speaking powerfully about education policy, philosophy and practice, would public schools be perceived as America's best, albeit neglected, hope for the future--rather than an opportunity for profit and control?
Nancy Flanagan, June 7, 2012
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3 min read
Science Report Roundup Girls and STEM
The push to promote more "feminine" role models for the science, technology, engineering, and math fields may backfire, says a new study.
Sarah D. Sparks, May 22, 2012
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Girl vs. Test
When it comes to test-taking, aggression is a girl's best friend, writes psychologist Lisa Damour.
Lisa Damour, September 27, 2011
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3 min read
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