EdTech Policy & Reform
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The tech divide: An opportunity gap schools must close
By Robert Baker Computer programming is growing at twice the average rate of national job growth according to Code.org —and by 2020 there could ... -
What fewer women in STEM means for their mental health
Jennifer Drake, University of Toronto “You’re in engineering!?! Wow, you must be super-smart…” It has been over 10 years since I was a first-year ... -
Is STEM education working, especially for women?
By Barbara Mader STEM education remains in the spotlight 25 years after the term first emerged. Coined in the 1990s by the National Science Foundation, ... -
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What’s Wrong with MOOCs and Why Aren’t They Working?
Note: The following guest piece comes to us courtesy of Harman Singh, CEO of WizIQ. He founded the company in 2006, which has evolved ... -
Men and women biased about studies of STEM gender bias – in opposite directions
David Miller, Northwestern University In 2012, an experiment on gender bias shook the scientific community by showing that science faculty favor male college graduates ... -
Closing the computer science gender gap: How one woman is making a difference in many lives
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest ...