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Dear STEM Leaders,
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., will be the keynote speaker at the luncheon on Tuesday, April 12, at the 2016 National Summit for Educational Equity, or NSEE. The NSEE will be held April 11-14, 2016, in Alexandria, Va.
Moore, a nationally recognized motivational speaker and educator, started America & MOORE, LLC in 1996 to provide diversity, privilege, and leadership trainings/workshops. He is also the founder/program director of the White Privilege Conference. See more information on his background on the NSEE '16 website.
Moore joins award-winning authors and educational leaders Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond and Alan Blankstein as keynote speakers for the NSEE '16.
Mimi
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Men: The Silent Voice in the Women in STEM Debate
International Innovation
Stemettes' Communications Lead Jo Cruse argues that men have as much a role to play in gender-balanced workplaces as women. Why? Because everyone wins.
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Barriers and Opportunities for 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Degrees: Systemic Change to Support Students' Diverse Pathways
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Are the STEM educational pathways any less efficient than for other fields of study? How might the losses be "stemmed" and greater efficiencies realized? These questions and others are at the heart of this study.
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More Depressing News for Women in STEM
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New research investigates how male university faculty react to research on gender bias.
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New Study Reveals Disturbing Stats on Gender Discrimination in Tech
Monica Nickelsburg, Geek Wire
In one review session, one male partner said of a female employee, "We don't have to worry about her bonus or promotion because she just got married. So she'll probably have a baby and quit soon."
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"You Are Too Bossy": Women in Tech Reveal What It's Really Like
Alice Truong, Quartz
In her landmark gender-discrimination case against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Ellen Pao recalled being left out of company events because of her gender, criticized by colleagues for being too aggressive, and retaliated against after ending an affair with a married partner.
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Why Some Colleges Are Better Than Others at Getting Women into STEM Careers
Jillian Berman, Market Watch
Some American colleges are finding answers to a question that has bedeviled employers and policy makers alike: how to get more women into the high-paying, in-demand fields that drive today's economy.
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Four Inspiring Women Shaping the Future of the STEM Workforce
Mashable
For women to begin making a dent in the STEM workforce gap, a few role models must first emerge. Below are four women who fit this bill.
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Why STEM's Future Rests in the Hands of 12-Year-Old Girls
Erin Sawyer, Tech Crunch
How do we empower elementary school girls to embrace an interest in STEM?
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Study: More Girls Want STEM Careers Than Boys
Matthew Sheridan, BizPhilly
That's good news for the dude-heavy tech industry.
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These STEM Initiatives Are Inspiring Women and Girls Around the Globe
Stephanie Walden, Mashable
Within the U.S., the White House has pledged not only to broaden the scope of STEM educational opportunities, but also to tackle the gender gap within technical and scientific fields--as well as encourage other underrepresented groups to pursue STEM careers.
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Women in Space Seek More Women in Space
Andy Meek, Fast Company
Prominent women in STEM are ensuring their stories are part of the narrative about space careers-with the explicit goal of attracting more.
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Women in Space Science Reveal Troubling Stories of Harassment Using This Hashtag
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Scientists and students are sharing their stories of harassment in the space sciences using the hashtag #AstroSH on social media, after two prominent cases of sexual harassment in astronomy were brought to light this week.
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The most recent class of NASA astronauts is the first with an even number of women and men. Meet them in this
video created when they started their program two years ago.
The
ProjectCSGIRLS Competition for Middle School Girls challenges participants in 6th-8th grade to build something using computer science and technology that can help solve an imminent social problem under one of three themes.
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Do You See Your Students In Future STEM Careers?
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There are nothing but opportunities for those students thinking about careers in STEM. The field continues to shift, just as student perceptions do. That is why NAPE, Destination Imagination, National Girls Collaborative, and Educational Research Center of America (ERCA) are collaborating on a research project focused on high school students' perceptions of STEM careers. Our ultimate objective is to stimulate a dialogue on career pathways among parents, teachers, and students.
By including your students as part of this important research project, you can help them
- further consider their strengths, interests, and the career options open to them;
- receive targeted information from colleges, universities, career and technical schools, and other postsecondary institutions seeking to recruit students with their specific interests, talents, skill sets, and career goals; and
- gain more access to postsecondary scholarship opportunities.
You may have already received a package from The Research Consortium on STEM Career Pathways. If you did, then please respond. If you didn't and you want one, then please send your name, high school name, and complete school mailing address to ERCA at: [email protected] with "STEM Career Survey" in the subject line to make sure you're on the list! Later this year, we will be posting information from the pilot phase of this project on our websites and the major, annual report will follow in 2016. Thank you for participating!
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