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International Women’s Day: Printable Resources

All About STEM

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity and all are invited on the 8th of March to get involved and forge a world that’s diverse, equal, equitable, and inclusive.

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Impact on Student Attainment: Ethnicity vs. Socio-economics

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Is it ethnicity or socio-economic background? Their questions inspired me to challenge the audience to think about what it looks like when both play a major factor in student achievement and attainment. Socio-economic Student Attainment by the Numbers. This month, I’m exploring these great questions. A Complex Picture.

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Equity and Access in Math Education

ED Surge

Families with social and economic capital tend to provide their children with more educational tools and opportunities, including enrichment activities, access to technology and familiarity with the learning process. Although there are many causes for the achievement gap, one merits special scrutiny.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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However, Dr Emil Temnyalov , an economist at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia, highlights the effects of socio-economic influences on these scores. While these are the areas of economics commonly in the news, the field is so much broader than this. Stock markets, unemployment, inflation and recession?

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Breaking Barriers to a Foundational Early Childhood Education

ED Surge

Mahajan, who was part of national leadership at the Self-Employed Women's Association , noted that her interest in early childhood education stemmed from the perspective of motherhood, through which she recognized the importance of quality childcare for women's labor force participation and economic empowerment.

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Benefits of Leveling the Playing Field in the Classroom

STEM Sport

It refers to creating an environment where every student, regardless of their background, has a fair and equal chance of succeeding. Achieving this goal is not just beneficial to students, it is critical to their success and the future success of the world.

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A 5-Step Plan to Improve Professional Learning in Your School

ED Surge

Consider this five-step professional learning journey to ensure that your district professional learning experiences boost academic achievement and growth while building collective teacher efficacy. It could even be something more abstract but equally important, such as steadily increasing student satisfaction with school.

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