Monthly Archives: November 2021

Engineering and physics have frustratingly stubborn problems attracting students to their fields who are women and individuals of color, and who are from disadvantaged backgrounds in both urban and rural communities. Three pre-college educators – one each from Tallahassee’s Godby … Continue reading →

“Advanced math” has become part of the culture war, and it has had electoral implications. The Math Pathways Initiative proposed by the Virginia Department of Education would have changed the familiar system of math tracking in which some students are … Continue reading →

The Bay County LEAD Coalition has established the Ginger Littleton Youth Development Fund to improve the preparation of the county’s students from disadvantaged backgrounds for careers in STEM fields. The establishment of the fund was seeded by a $10,000 donation … Continue reading →

It is still tough for women to make their way in the field of physics. How tough? In the “Back Page” commentary section of this month’s American Physical Society (APS) News, a highly accomplished woman physicist anonymously tells her multi-decade … Continue reading →

There is a right that should be added to Florida’s now famous Parents’ Bill of Rights. It is a right that Florida’s parents are badly in need of, but which most haven’t thought about – the right to understand how … Continue reading →