Meet GoldieBlox: the toy designed to get girls interested in engineering

The Guardian - Oliver Wainwright "GoldieBlox is the invention of [...]

October 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, Engineering, England, Gender, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teaching for the Future: Steering girls to science

USA Today - Mary Beth Marklein "A growing number of [...]

October 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Engineering, Gender, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Wounded Pakistan teen is now face of girls education movement

The L.A. Times - Scott Gold "Malala Yousafzai, who publicly [...]

October 14th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Children, Education, Gender, Learning, Middle East, News, Pakistan, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Fawe Students Discuss Girls’ Empowerment

All Africa - Maria Kaites "FAWE Girls from Gisozi and [...]

October 14th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Africa, Children, Education, Gender, Learning, News, Rwanda, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Rwanda: Denying Girls Education Linked to Poverty

AllAfrica.com - Evaline Namuwaya ""Millions of girls worldwide are not [...]

October 12th, 2012|Categories: Africa, Education, Gender, Poverty, Rwanda|Tags: Education, School|

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Celebrate International Day of the Girl 2012

The Charlotte Observer - Britanny Penland "People around the world [...]

October 11th, 2012|Categories: Education, Gender|Tags: Education, School|

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State schools ‘failing girls who want to study physics’

BBC News - Pallab Ghosh "Physics opens doors to exciting [...]

October 3rd, 2012|Categories: Career, Education, Gender, Higher Education, Physics, Research, Science, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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Study: Female Applicants Face Gender Hurdle in STEM Fields

Education News - Julia Lawrence "A Yale University study, available [...]

September 27th, 2012|Categories: Career, College/University, Gender, Higher Education, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Boys struggle with schoolwork while girls get on with the job

The New Zealand Herald - Susan Edmunds "New Zealand girls [...]

September 26th, 2012|Categories: Achievement Gap, Elementary School, Gender, New Zealand|Tags: Education, School|

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Can a Kids’ Toy Bring More Women Into Engineering?

The Atlantic - Rebecca J. Rosen "How could a toy [...]

September 20th, 2012|Categories: Education, Engineering, Gender, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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