Math, Science Gender Gaps Wider Among High Achievers, Analysis Shows

Math, Science Gender Gaps Wider Among High Achievers, Analysis Shows



From the 2012 PISA Results

USA Federal Regulations for Single Sex Classes

Important to keep up to date with USA legal status of Single-Sex Classes.  Education Department Clarifies Requirements for Offering Single-Sex Classes ed.gov

ACLU new lawsuit
http://washingtonexaminer.com/aclu-sues-w.va.-district-over-single-sex-classes/article/feed/2025186?custom_click=rss

http://mobile.blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/07/16/techgirlz-turns-middle-school-girls-into-tech-entrepreneurs/

Ed Week Discusses STEM Gender Gap

See the link for a discussion on STEM gender gap in US and internationally. Gender achievement variations remain. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/07/18/36stem.h31.html?tkn=QLOFABN4zRCfeGTamfPpPdMp87U1pvBAjtq%2B&cmp=ENL-CM-NEWS1&intc=EW-CC0412-ENL

College Majors with Greatest Gender Gaps

This link was sent to me, still some large gaps remain. http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2012/10-college-majors-with-the-biggest-gender-gap/#.T_EgULUjF_Y Take a moment and consider the connections between the majors drawing girls and the ones drawing boys. What do they have in common? Specifically, who or what do they work with?

STEM and Girls in NAEP

From the Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2012/0627/Girls-in-science-Gender-gaps-still-persist-in-STEM-subjects Worth reading because it links STEM results, Title IX, and briefly single gender classes. The paradox might be that is educators seriously consider gendered gaps,this will result in potential gendered solutions which gets us into differences. And, if we start talking about programs for just girls in STEM, even after school, then these groups are recognizing that something important and unique can happen in a single gender environment.