Autism Symptoms are Less Obvious in Girls and May Lead to Underdiagnosis

KQED News Mind/Shift - Patti Neighmond and Jane Greenhalgh "Many [...]

August 3rd, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Autism, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Robots, race cars and weather: Girl Scouts offer new badges

The Star - Leanne Italie "Girl Scouts from tiny Daisies [...]

July 26th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani: Why An ‘Hour of Code’ Isn’t Enough

Ed Surge - Mary Jo Madda " It’s no shock [...]

July 21st, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Coding, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Ten Years Ago Fewer Than 3,000 Girls Took the AP CS Exam. Now There Are Nearly 30,000

Ed Surge - Jenny Abamu " Educators and students around [...]

July 20th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Computer Science, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Programs help put young girls on a path to success

USA Today - Lisa A. Beach "When 9-year-old Jelani Jones [...]

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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School clamps down on phones and Fitbits to ease body image worries

The Guardian - Steven Morris "A girls’ school is banning [...]

July 12th, 2017|Categories: Accountability, Britain, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Girls, Great Britain (UK), News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Hackers, beware! Girl Scouts to offer cybersecurity badges

USA Today - Carolyn McAtee Cerbin "Need a cybersecurity expert? [...]

June 23rd, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Cybersecurity, Education, Girls, Learning, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Changing The Face Of STEM For Women

Forbes - Katie Elizabeth "I always knew I wanted to [...]

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College/University, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|

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Don’t wrap girls in cotton wool, says private school leader

BBC - Katherine Sellgren "Parents and teachers should not "wrap [...]

June 17th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Boys, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Girls, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Girls outnumber boys in charter schools, study shows. Here’s why that matters.

Chalk Beat - Matt Barnum "Look around an average charter [...]

June 11th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Charter School, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Gender, Girls, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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