Making Science Girl-Friendly Pays Gender Dividends
A study in which the benefits of learning science were wrapped in issues traditionally associated with girls indeed generated more interest from the underrepresented sex.
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U.S. Middle Schoolers Are Behind in Math
A new study shows that the math curriculum of U.S. eighth-graders is two years behind what their peers in other countries are studying. In the U.S., the poorest students tend to get the least demanding math classes.
The Arabic Education of Israel’s Jewish Students
With support from the Israeli Ministry of Education, the Abraham Fund's Language as a Cultural Bridge program is paving the way toward mandatory Arabic classes for all Jewish students in public schools.
State Budget Cuts Hurting Quality of Research
While the federal component of research funding remains federal, state budget cuts threaten U.S. research quality, educators say. ...
Encouragement Boosts Minority Student Success
A tiny bit of encouragement at the front end of college proved stunningly effective in paring the minority achievement gap in one experiment.
Lee Baca Wants to Educate L.A.’s Prisoners
In this Miller-McCune Q&A, Los Angeles County's top cop Lee Baca explains why he wants to offer an education to tens of thousands of prisoners.
Petroleum Engineering Shows U.S. Students’ Hidden Prowess
American students' behavior defies the prevailing stereotype when looking at how they flock to the hot field of petroleum engineering.
Budget Idea: Divert Money From Prisons to Schools
With a quarter of the world's prisoners in American lockups, an unlikely coalition ranging from the NAACP to Americans for Tax Reform wonders if we might be smarter to divert some of that prison money to schools.
How Did Students Become Academically Adrift?
"Academically Adrift," a new book on the failures of higher education, finds that undergrads don't study, and professors don't make them.
Derek Bok on Fixing College Failure
Harvard University President Emeritus Derek Bok says college professors don't challenge their students because they don't know how.