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Computer Science (Where the girls aren't)
Karen North, Computer Science teacher at Westside High School in Houston, writes, "According to the College Board AP reports, the number of students taking Advanced Placement Exams from 1993 to 2002 has doubled. The percent of females taking math/science AP Exams has grown from 45 percent to 49 percent, yet the number of females taking computer science has decreased from 18 percent to 14 percent in the same time period. In 2002, 66 percent of students taking art AP Exams were female. To increase the enrollment of females in computer science, one of our solutions is to introduce girls to programming through the arts."
This article and others on Computer Science and other disciplines are available on the College Board's web site:
http://apcentral.collegeboard.comAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science Conference, Feb 12-16, Washington State Convention & Trade Center and the Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers
"Hollywood has the Oscars. Sports has the Olympics. And American science has the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the one place where researchers from all disciplines and around the nation gather to trade discoveries and ideas" -- Bill Dietrich, science writer for the Seattle Times
K-12 teachers — be sure to take advantage of all the wonderful opportunities at the AAAS Annual Meeting. At this truly interdisciplinary event, you can learn of the newest results in genome sciences or nanotechnology in the morning, tour the farthest reaches of space to understand the origins of our universe or the depths of the world's oceans in the afternoon, and hear from prominent leaders of national and international science in the evening! Be a part of "the world's finest showcase for the excitement and significance of scientific discovery!"
Family Science Days
"Our Seattle based collaborators the Pacific Science Center and the Institute for Systems Biology have partnered with AAAS to bring to you one of our most popular FREE events held Saturday, 14 February and Sunday, 15 February. Visit the AAAS Exhibit Hall to find inspiration in lab demonstrations that show the fun of science, kid-friendly chemistry projects and other intriguing events. Family Science Days also involve local libraries and community centers in promoting interest in science and capturing all the excitement of scientific discovery."
http://www.aaas.org/meetings/index.htmlWorld History Magazine
"World History Connected is designed for everyone who wants to deepen the engagement and understanding of world history: students, college instructors, high school teachers, leaders of teacher education programs, social studies coordinators, research historians, and librarians.
For all these readers, WHC presents innovative classroom-ready scholarship, keeps readers up to date on the latest research and debates, presents the best in learning and teaching methods and practices, offers readers rich teaching resources, and reports on exemplary teaching.
WHC is free worldwide. It is published by the University of Illinois Press, and its institutional home is Washington State University."
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/index.html
GreatSchools.net
"The purpose of GreatSchools.net is to help parents understand how their children's schools are performing, choose the right schools for their children, support their children's learning and advocate for education excellence. Already the leading school information Web site for California, Arizona, Texas, Florida and Washington parents, GreatSchools.net aims to be the nation's most widely-known and trusted school information resource."
http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/go/WAGreatSchool.net maintains an online section where parents can post their opinions about their children's schools.
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/parents/wa/554/
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