A new report provides a rich review of global patterns of gender gaps in learning along the path to tertiary education, focusing on STEM. It distills a large body of evidence that shows that ...

Gender bias in STEM-related subjects and the lack of women has already been adequately recorded and reported. It has also been estimated that closing the gender gap in the STEM field would increase ...

Clockwise from top left: Nayeli Stopani Barrios, Jessica Becker and Larissa Sanches (not shown: Elise Murphy) Women pursuing STEM careers have faced many challenges in the past, and they continue to ...

Tutoring has become a popular intervention for schools grappling with stagnant academic achievement. A large body of evidence demonstrates that high-impact, high-dosage tutoring can effectively move ...

In a new research paper that was just published in the journal Psychological Science (“The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education“) by Gijsbert Stoet ...

Though their numbers are growing, only 27 percent of all students taking the AP Computer Science exam in the United States are female. The gender gap grows worse from there: Just 18 percent of ...

As a scientist and a university professor, my classroom is typically full of an equal mix of men and women from diverse backgrounds. My teaching experience reminds me daily that enthusiasm about ...

Progress has been uneven, but women are achieving significant gains in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Despite the overall gains, certain specific fields continue to demonstrate big ...

As the demand for more engineers in the workforce intensifies—the U.S. Department of Labor expects jobs in engineering to grow by 8% between 2012-2022—the need to thoughtfully groom our future ...

Classrooms are more than places of instruction; they are formative spaces that shape identities, nurture ambitions, and help students make career choices. What happens in a classroom determines how ...

David Miller receives funding from the National Science Foundation. In 2012, an experiment on gender bias shook the scientific community by showing that science faculty favor male college graduates ...

Fiona McNeill was a member of the working group for Tapping All Our Talents 2018. Like much of the world, Scotland has a problem with gender equality when it comes to science, technology, engineering ...