Joanne Jacobs
Girls call STEM come-ons ‘creepy’
Teen-age girls are groomed for the STEM lifestyle in summer coding camps. “With responses ranging from “squirming in discomfort” to...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 12, 20182 min read
Drill and instill math skills
To learn math, drill and instill math skills, writes Barbara Oakley in the New York Times opinion column. If it’s hard, so much the...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 31, 20182 min read
Swedish preschools teach boys to dance, girls to yell
Swedish preschools encourage boys to draw, dance and play in toy kitchens, while girls are taught to shout “No!,” reports Ellen Barry in...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 20, 20171 min read
Charters don’t close gender gap: Girls rule
Top charter schools are closing achievement gaps for low-income and minority students, who earn college degrees at three to five times...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 28, 20172 min read
In Arab world, girls rule in school: Why?
Female students outnumber males two to one at the University of Jordan Across the Arab world, girls rule in school, writes Amanda Ripley...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 20, 20171 min read
Taking the pee out of physics
It’s time to take the pee out of physics, argues a group of Australian scientists. Starting physics courses by studying projectile motion...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 1, 20172 min read
Utah girls demand their own football teams
If high schools fund a boys’ football team, they should fund a girls’ football team, claims a Title IX lawsuit by parents of six Utah...
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