Matthew Lynch
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Separation is Not the Answer: Getting Girls Interested in STEM Subjects
Last August, New York City mayoral potential Christine Quinn announced a plan to open five all-girls tech-based middle schools. She addressed the gender gap ... -
3 Study Results That Show How Donations Hurt Low-Income Students
A study released by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs points to growing disparities between low-income and high-income school districts due ... -
Diverse Conversations: You Can Go Back Home
“You can never go back home.” These famous words by Henry David Thoreau began to ruminate in my mind as I prepared to conduct ... -
College Football Obsession: Sending the Wrong Academic Message?
This past weekend was the kickoff for the college football season. It seemed that every social media newsfeed was full of people cheering on ... -
3 Technologies Bolstering STEM Learning
According to the STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Math) Coalition, there are 26 million STEM jobs in the U.S., comprising 20 percent of all ... -
Top 3 Ways to Improve Learning in Schools…Using School Lunches
As we all know, nutrition and educational performance are related. And with one third of the U.S.’s 300 million residents obese, it is more ... -
Trayvon Martin and the Burden of Young Black Males
Initially, I was hesitant about writing an opinion piece on the killing of Trayvon Martin and the subsequent public outcry because a multitude of ... -
2 Reasons the Concept of “Justice for All” Does Not Apply to American Schools
In the US, the concepts of equality and justice are intertwined. The idea of “justice for all” has existed since America’s early days. But ... -
3 Ways to Become a Culturally Responsive Teacher
Given the wealth of diversity in our nation’s public schools, it is no wonder that culturally responsive pedagogy is becoming more of a presence. ... -
3 Quick Facts about College Dropout Rates
There are a lot of metrics in place that gauge the effectiveness of P-12 schooling in the U.S. and shine a particularly bright light ...
