Education News – Jordan E. Wassell
“Who runs the world? Girls – especially when they are taught by fellow females, according to a study conducted at Texas A&M University…researchers Jonathan Meer and Jaegeum Lim found that there was a significant improvement in girls’ math test scores when a woman teaches the subject…“Female students outperform male students by roughly a third of a school year more when taught by female teachers than when taught by male teachers,” Meer explained…“Female students report feeling that their female teachers are more likely to give students an equal chance to participate,” he writes, adding that “their female teachers are more likely to encourage creative expression.””(more)