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January 25, 2010
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Girls’ math fears may start with female teachers
WASHINGTON - Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest
teachers.
Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement,
and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders
suggests what may be part of the answer: Female elementary school teachers who are
concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little
girls they teach.
(More information)
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January 11, 2010
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President Obama Announces New Partnerships Under Educate to Innovate Campaign
NSTA and PBS Initiatives Acknowledged at White House Event
Last week at a special event to honor the winners of the Presidential Awards for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching held at the White House, President
Obama announced several more public-private partnerships totaling over $250 million
as part of his Educate to Innovate campaign to improve science and math instruction.
The public-private partnerships announced were Intel’s Science and Math Teachers
Initiative; expansion of the National Math and Science Initiative’s UTeach Program;
a commitment by more than 75 public university presidents to train 10,000 math and
science teachers annually by 2015; NSTA’s Science Matters public awareness and engagement
campaign and the PBS Teachers® Innovation Challenge; and the Woodrow Wilson Teaching
Fellowships in Math and Science.
At the event the President also called on the 200,000 scientists and engineers working
for the federal government to engage in National Lab Day (www.nationallabday.org)
Read the Associated Press article on the President’s announcement
Read remarks by the President on the "Educate to Innovate" Campaign and Science
Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Learn more about the
PBS Teachers Innovation Challenge
Learn more
about Science Matters
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December 23, 2009
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Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
(PAESMEM)
The PAESMEM Program seeks to identify outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance
the participation of groups (i.e., women, minorities, and persons with disabilities)
that are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The awardees serve as leaders in the national effort to develop fully the Nation's
human resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
(More Information)
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December 14, 2009
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Advancing STEM Education
NSF initiative brings together different scientific disciplines and diverse communities
of faculty and students--often on the same campus
(Press Release)
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November 23, 2009
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President Obama Launches "Educate to Innovate" Campaign for Excellence in Science,
Technology, Engineering & Math (Stem) Education
President Obama today launched the “Educate to Innovate” campaign, a nationwide
effort to help reach the administration’s goal of moving American students from
the middle to the top of the pack in science and math achievement over the next
decade.
(Press Release)
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November 11, 2009
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E-Week Girl Day - Success Tips from the Experts
Tricia Berry, Paige Smith, and Jenny Becker form our panel of experts for this webinar.
They all have award-winning Girl Day programs and are joining to share their advice
and tips to help you plan the best E-Week Girl Day ever!
The panel will present information including:
- Designing model programs
- Sample schedules
- How to recruit participants and volunteers
- Collecting impact data
- Lessons learned
Q & A Will Follow the Presentations
(Registration)
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October 28, 2009
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The Global Gender Gap Report 2009
Through the Global Gender Gap Reports, for the past four years, the World Economic
Forum has been quantifying the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking
their progress over time. By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking
global gender gaps, the Report reveals those countries that are role models in dividing
resources equitably between women and men, regardless of their level of resources.
(More Information)
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October 21, 2009
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A New Decade for Equity
NAPE's 2010 Professional Development Institute
(Registration)
(Call
for Proposals)
(More Information)
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September 1, 2009
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NAPE Recruitment Announcement
NAPE is looking for an Assistant Director for the NAPE Education Foundation. Resumes
are due September 30, 2009.
(More Information)
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July 21, 2009
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Science and Technology Committee Holds STEM Hearings
The House Science and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Research and Science
Education has held two recent hearings on science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM) education. On July 21, the subcommittee held a hearing titled "Encouraging the Participation of Female Students in STEM Fields."
Prior to the hearing, ACTE shared its recent Issue Brief, "CTE's Role in STEM,"
with committee members. The Issue Brief contains a special section on the efforts
of CTE programs to attract females and other underrepresented populations into STEM
careers, including NAPE's STEM Equity Pipeline. One of the key themes of this hearing
was the need for mentors and role models for female students pursuing STEM education
programs, an area in which CTE shows great strengths.
The following week, on July 30, a second hearing,"A Systems Approach to Improving K-12 STEM Education," focused
on efforts throughout the Chicago school system to enhance STEM education, was held.
Witnesses emphasized the importance of partnerships between education and businesses,
as well as other community groups, to help meet the STEM challenge.
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June 30, 2009
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ACTE Highlights Need for STEM CTE Programs to Meet Workforce Demands
A new Issue Brief by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) titled,
“Career and Technical Education’s Role in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math”
describes how career and technical education (CTE) can help to meet the critical
need of developing a skilled, professional STEM workforce to secure America’s economic
future. CTE courses and programs strengthen students’ understanding of STEM content
and attract students to STEM careers. (more)
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June 11, 2009
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Mathematics and Science Education
A new report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York-Institute for Advanced Study
Commission on Mathematics & Science Education argues that the United States must
mobilize for excellence in mathematics and science education so that all students
achieve much higher levels of math and science learning to ensure competitiveness
abroad and a vibrant democracy with social mobility at home. (more)
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June 1, 2009
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Girls worse at math? No way, new analysis shows
Girls can do just as well at math as boys -- even at the genius level -- if they
are given the same opportunities and encouragement, researchers reported on Monday.
(more)
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May 7, 2009
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Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap
The authors of this paper provide evidence to support their theory that a professor’s
gender affects the performance of female students in math and science classes. (more)
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April 18, 2009
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Helping Women Reach Their Potential in Math
A nonprofit group in New York offers math instruction to help women move up to better-paying
jobs.
(more)
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February 21, 2009
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Kick Off of the Great Lakes Girls Collaborative Project in Indiana
If members of your organizations or agency are interested in increasing your capacity
to involve girls in STEM through new collaboratives with others, come learn about
a new mini-grant opportunity, network with like-minded others, and get information
about the NGCP (National Girls Collaborative Project) and the GLGCP (Great Lakes
Girls Collaborative). (more)
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February 19, 2009
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[Iowa] State joins equity in sciences project
The living-learning community is among more than 100 such initiatives across Iowa
that will now be coordinated at the state level through a Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Equity Pipeline project. (more)
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February 19, 2009
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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Girls discover their potential as engineers and learn how they can play a role in
addressing the next generation's most pressing issues. (more)
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December 21, 2008
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Expanding Women's Participation in US Science
by Sue V. Rosser, Mark Zachary Taylor, Global Education, Vol. 30 (3) - Fall 2008
Issue
(more)
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December 8, 2008
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Virginia School Tops America's Best High Schools List
For the second consecutive year, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
in Alexandria, Va., tops U.S. News & World Report's list of America's best high
schools. The school, which focuses heavily on math and science education, bested
more than 21,000 other public high schools in 48 states for the honor. (more)
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December 1, 2008
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Get Involved. Make a Difference. A Toolkit for Role Models
We are pleased to share with you Get Involved. Make a Difference. A Toolkit for
Role Models, which was developed with support from Google and the National Science
Foundation. This toolkit CD offers icebreakers and hands-on activities for role
models to use in their outreach events. The toolkit also includes sample bios and
agendas, questions to ask girls, questions for girls to ask role models, and a "Future
Engineer Certificate" which role models can give to girls upon completion of their
visit or activity.
(more)
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November 20, 2008
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WAMC Radio Series on the Role of Women in Science and Engineering Now Available
Online
WAMC Northeast Public Radio is pleased to announce that the radio series, The Sounds
of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering, is
now available for listening through WAMC’s Women in Science website. (more)
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November 7, 2008
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Engineers Make a Difference
Engineers Make a Difference is about “showing the color” of engineering and, as
a result, capturing students’ passion, imagination, curiosity and dreams; to inspire
them to create a life of abundance, meaning and satisfaction from such a pursuit.
It’s about finding ways to attract diversity in traditionally white, male-dominated
fields, and it examines how we can use engineering’s full rainbow of choices to
enhance the public’s perception of engineering — making it more understandable,
captivating and socially desirable. (more)
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October 28, 2008
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Only Female Awardee for Cisco Scholarship in North America is Community College
Student
Of the more than 500 applications submitted worldwide, 40 were awarded to students
from 17 countries. Each provided information about education, experience, community
service, and careers goals. Essays were also submitted on why applicants were applying
for the scholarship and meaningful volunteer or community service experience. Of
5 awards in North America, we are proud that CNIT student Marisa Mariscotti is one.
She is also the only female awardee in the U.S. Each award winner will receive $1,000
towards tuition in CCNA courses for the 2008-2009 academic year. (more)
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October 28, 2008
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Valley Girls: Padma Warrior
(Maggie Shiels, Technology Reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley)
In the first of a regular series of features profiling influential women in Silicon
Valley, Maggie Shiels talks to Padmasree Warrior - technology boss at networking
giant Cisco.
(more)
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October 21, 2008
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Two States Added to STEM Equity Pipeline Project
The NAPE Education Foundation announces the addition of Iowa and Minnesota to the
states participating in the STEM Equity Pipeline Project. Iowa, led by the Iowa
Department of Education and Minnesota, led by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
and the Minnesota Department of Education, will be joining California, Illinois,
Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin who participated in the first year of the STEM
Equity Pipeline project.
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October 16, 2008
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AAUW to Launch Major STEM Study with Funding from National Science Foundation
AAUW Receives Substantial Grant; Work to Begin in January (more)
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October 13, 2008
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Redefining the Gender Gap
(Scott Jaschik, insidehighered.com)
Both male and female undergraduates are more likely to have higher college grades
as the percentage of female faculty members increases. The more time female students
devote to exercise and sports, the higher their grades are likely to be. For male
students, more time on exercise and sports has the opposite effect. Women are more
likely to report growth in critical thinking during college if they attend private
colleges than public universities. (more)
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October 10, 2008
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Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
While the study suggests many girls have exceptional talent in math, they are rarely
identified in the U.S., because culture discourages girls - and boys - from excelling.
(more)
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October 7, 2008
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Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra
(Winnie Hu, New York Times)
More than 100 New York City schools are using a video game called "Dimension M"
to help teach pre-algebra and algebra to middle-school students. "You have to be
at the top of your game," said Salma Nakhlawi, 13, who works to improve her math
skills so she can play "Dimension M" with friends. "I used to hate math, but I've
started to like it. I actually understand it more." (more)
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September 17, 2008
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Burmaster budget request includes STEM initiative
State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster’s 2009-2011 education budget request includes
funding for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiative
that will reinforce Wisconsin’s competitiveness in the knowledge economy. (more)
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August 26, 2008
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Gender Wage Gap Narrows as Incomes Rose in 2007
A new fact sheet released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) shows
that the earnings ratio between women and men edged upward in 2007, making up some
ground after years of stalled progress. (more)
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August 15, 2008
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Where Are the ‘T’ and ‘E’ in STEM?
Some ed-tech experts are concerned that policymakers are overemphasizing the math
and science parts of STEM at the expense of technology and engineering. (more)
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August 5, 2008
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Keys to Hiring Women in Science
Two sociologists who want to push the discussion beyond anecdotes and individual
preferences think they have found evidence of steps that do make a difference in
the recruitment of women for science faculty jobs (more)
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July 28, 2008
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Girl power! Summer camp grooms tomorrow's techies
These 'technology goddesses' could be your future IT workforce (more)
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July 27, 2008
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No Gender Differences in Math Performance
(ScienceDaily)
We've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at
math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including
SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were tested in accordance
with the No Child Left Behind Act - a team of scientists says the answer is no.
Whether they looked at average performance, the scores of the most gifted children
or students' ability to solve complex math problems, girls measured up to boys.
(more)
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July 25, 2008
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“Girls’ skills at math at least equal to boys’”
In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from
second through 11th (more)
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July 24, 2008
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‘Nerd Girls’ out to prove that beauties can be brainy
Group seeks to shatter stereotypes and attract girls to technology careers (more)
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July 21, 2008
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A New Frontier for Title IX: Science
(more)
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July 10, 2008
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Texas girls participate in SMU engineering camp
The Dallas Morning News (more)
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July 9, 2008
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Study Shows that Gender portrayals in Commercials Affect Career Choices
Men at Work, Women Sell Food, Cleansers - Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (more)
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July 8, 2008
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U.S. Navy promotes teen technology camps, competitions
MarketWatch/Medill News Service (more)
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July 6, 2008
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Sisters among top student winners at International Science and Engineering Fair
The Philadelphia Inquirer (more)
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July 4, 2008
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Maryland Women in Technology seeking information for an upcoming report on Women
in Technology
(more)
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July 2, 2008
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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the Wisconsin Technical College
System release press announcement about their participation in the STEM Equity Pipeline
Project
(more)
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June 24, 2008
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Fewer Students Seek Tech-Related Degrees
eSchool News (more)
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May 5, 2008
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STEM Equity Pipeline seeking two additional states
Applications due July 18, 2008
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August 7, 2007
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Enrollment Surge for Women
(Andy Guess, insidehighered.com)
As concern has grown about declining enrollments of men generally in higher education,
engineering colleges and technology institutes have the opposite problem: not enough
women. But more than two years after Larry Summers thrust the controversy over women
in the sciences into the spotlight, a number of technologically oriented colleges
have posted significant gains in women’s enrollment that admissions officers are
attributing in part to beefed-up outreach efforts. (more)
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