Timely ideas and information, with daily updates. Complete information about thousands of teaching materials for K-12 math and science. Thousands of web sites for educators and students. Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. In early elementary school, they have the same levels of interest, and they perform very similarly on standardized tests.
Middle school is where the drop-off begins.
Researchers have noticed that girls tend to pull back, to hold back. Part of that is what society expects of them, and part of that is their own changing self concept, and part of that may be the way classes are taught. What the Voices project provides is a safe space for them to explore and be themselves. Creating a vacuum in a soda can. We decided to take a group of sixth grade girls and to follow them through the seventh and eighth grade years.