Equity
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Diverse Conversations: Finding a Mentor
Mentorship is a huge part of professional success in higher education. If nothing else, having a solid mentor helps higher education professionals to develop ... -
Single-Sex Classrooms Making a Comeback for All the Wrong Reasons
There is a debate about equity in education that extends beyond zip codes, race and socioeconomic status and cuts right to the heart of ... -
Education Equity: Challenges and Suggestions
Equity in education has long been an ideal. It’s an ideal celebrated in a variety of contexts, too. Even the Founding Fathers celebrated education ... -
In kids, even low lead levels can cause lasting harm
Robert L. Fischer, Case Western Reserve University and Elizabeth Anthony, Case Western Reserve University The recent firestorm over lead exposure from drinking water in ... -
Why do fewer black students get identified as gifted?
Jason A. Grissom, Vanderbilt University Nationally, black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in gifted programs, which provide specialized instruction or other services to meet ... -
If a female president is good for the Ivy League, why not for the rest of us?
Cathy Sandeen, University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension On July 1, Elizabeth Garrett assumed the presidency of Cornell University. With this, ... -
Let’s face it: gender bias in academia is for real
Cynthia Leifer, Cornell University; Hadas Kress-Gazit, Cornell University; Kim Weeden, Cornell University; Marjolein C H van der Meulen, Cornell University; Paulette Clancy, Cornell University, ... -
Cops in Washington believe that preschool leads to crime prevention
According tdn.com, police officers in Cowlitz County in Washington believe that by expanding preschool may help reduce or prevent crime. Cops were visiting schools ... -
My Brother’s Keeper Program Expanding
Sixty of the nation’s largest school districts are joining President Obama’s initiative to improve the educational futures of African-American and Hispanic boys, beginning in ... -
Expert: Opportunity gap widening in America
The economic status of the parents of today’s P-20 students determines the long-term economic quality of the children’s lives more today than in previous ...