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Lesbian Authors

A.J. Adaire Pat Adams-Wright Dorothy Allison S.W. Anderson Elizabeth Andre Mavis Applewater Ann Aptaker J.A. Armstrong Michelle Arnold Clare Ashton K. Aten Victoria Avilan Darla Baker Roslyn Bane Ann Bannon Solia Panche Bealti Alison Bechdel Georgia Beers Sharon Marie Bence Bridget Birdsall Harper Bliss Andrea Bramhall Jaye Robin Brown Anna Burke Amalie Cantor Brandee Carbo Suzie Carr Dawn Carter C.L. Cattano Becky Chambers Kate Charlton Sharon Cho Barbara L. Clanton Hannah Abigail Clarke Shelby Cochran Helen Corcoran Jeanne Córdova Audrey Coulthurst Delores Cremm Maggie Dane Emily M. Danforth Sandra de Helen Barbara Dennis Nicole Dennis-Benn Stefani Deoul K.E. DePalmenary T.L. Dickerson Jennifer Diemer Sarah Diemer * Jane DiLucchio J.M. Dragon Moondancer Drake K.B. Draper Cassandra Duffy A.L. Duncan Nann Dunne Sarah Ettritch Lillian Faderman Sara Farizan Leslie Feinberg Anna Ferrara Fannie Flagg Jane Fletcher Laura Foley Katherine V. Forrest Diane Fortier Giselle Fox Anna Furtado Elisa M. Galbreath Lynn Galli S.L. Gape Nancy Garden Lyn Gardner S. Anne Gardner Pauline George Ana B. Good Parker Gordon Erin Gough Kimberly Cooper Griffin Nicola Griffith Agnes H. Hagadus Anne Hagan Radclyffe Hall S.M. Harding Ellen Hart Nancy Ann Healy Fran Heckrotte Natasja Hellenthal Dotti Henderson Claire Highton-Stevenson Gerri Hill E.M. Hodge Dayna Ingram Isabella Jae Adiba Jaigirdar Jo Jennings Heather Rose Jones E.A. Kafkalas Karin Kallmaker Riley LaShea Stacey-Leanne Lez Lee Malinda Lo Ann-Marie MacDonald Renee MacKenzie Prudence MacLeod Lise MacTague Lucy J. Madison Rachel Maldonado Siera Maley Laurie J. Marks Julie Maroh Michelle Marra Paula Martinac Arkady Martine Q.C. Masters Andi Marquette Pamela Mauldin Robbi McCoy M.K. McGowan Gill McKnight Ann McMan Heather McVea Mary Meriam Ronni Meyrick Martha Miller Rogena Mitchell-Jones K.A. Moll Sallyanne Monti Annette Mori Bonnie J. Morris Jaycie Morrison Niamh Murphy Charlene Neil Natasha Ngan Nik Nicholson Baren Nix Ocean Paula Offutt Chinelo Okparanta Chris Parsons Angela Peach Julie Anne Peters B.J. Phillips Ashley Quinn Radclyffe Cheryl Rainfield Adan Ramie Nina Revoyr Rhavensfyre Julia Diana Robertson Nita Round Morgan Routh Joanna Russ Laurie Salzler Shamim Sarif Lacey Schmidt Sarah Schulman Tina Sears Cass Sellars Merry Shannon Fiona Shaw ** Kaden Shay Djuna Shellam Jen Silver Jennis Slaughter Adrian J. Smith E.H. Smith Vanessa Snyder Alison R. Solomon Raven J. Spencer Ali Spooner Rose Stone Carren Strock Rebecca Sullivan Leandra Summers Mariko Tamaki Michelle L. Teichman Keira Michelle Telford Rae Theodore M.E. Tudor Vanda Elle Vaughn Missouri Vaun Anastasia Vitsky Tillie Walden Sarah Waters HollyAnne Weaver Laney Webber Louise Welsh Caren J. Werlinger K.D. Williamson B.L. Wilson Catherine M. Wilson Barbara Winkes Lee Winter Jeanette Winterson Chris Anne Wolfe T.J. Wolfe Jacqueline Woodson Fiona Zedde Kristen Zimmer

* Also writes under the pen names Elora Bishop and Bridget Essex

** Not to be confused with the Irish actress of the same name

This list is subject to changes. Compiling a list of lesbian authors is a challenge because not all authors are out and my sources of information are limited. I had to rely on finding author bios, interviews, tweets, etc. in which an author mentions her sexual orientation. I also got many of these names from the Lesbian Authors Guild.

#lesbian #authors #writers #lesbian authors #lesbian writers #female authors #female writers #lesbians #long post

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chuckclayton · 5 years

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what are all the teens shows youve seen and your thoguhts on them?

that’s an extremely long list that i cannot remember in its entirety, but i will try for you. i forgot some but i remember a lot that i’m sure most people forget or didn’t know existed.

awkward: entertaining at first but slowly got boring, by the halfway point of season 3 i was so over it that i stopped watching and never cared enough to find out what happened in the final 2 seasons.

faking it: i actually loved it even with the yikes premise. i think it deserved another season or two to really flesh out the characters and give them a proper send-off.

riverdale: we all know what i think about riverdale. i really don’t want a season 4 but i’m still gonna watch it.

pll: i surprisingly didn’t give up on it… i even liveblogged it for a season or two (you’re a trooper if you remember me doing 3 liveblogs a week and 2 on the same day back to back). i think it i didn’t deserve 7 seasons and that it was terribly written esp the last 2 season because it felt like they just pulled random ideas out of a hat and there was so many plot holes… whew. i’ve seen both spinoffs and ravenswood was… um… interesting. that’s all i’ll say about it. the perfectionists was absolutely a mistake… like why did freeform think giving marlene another show was a good idea. i’m over the all-knowing anonymous stalker/killer thing so it’s not my favorite thing.

famous in love: laughably bad but it had potential. also keith was great in to it. i will never get over how bella found out that it got canceled on twitter gjhghjgjh.

glee: the source of all my problems. i don’t know if it was always bad and i didn’t notice but god… some of the stuff ryan murphy made them do should’ve gotten him sent to prison.

scream queens: not sure what that was but i know for a fact that it didn’t need a season 2.

gossip girl: i lived for those messy bitches. i don’t think it needs a reboot at all. i didn’t like every plot but it is a show i like to revisit. i do think the ending was terrible and i’ll never stop thinking that. i did think for a new york setting it was all too white and way too straight even though it was supposed to be upper class or whatever it was still too white and straight. like dan lived in brooklyn for fucksake… i get that gentrification is a big issue there but how did he only know one black person? how in 6 seasons did they only encounter like 4 or 5 black people? and one asian person?

one tree hill: a show that i’ll always adore for many reasons. it put me through emotional peril but i really loved it. i know everyone loves brooke, and don’t get me wrong i do too, but i always liked peyton just a little more just because i related to her more. i saw a lot more of myself in her than i had any business doing. the superior scott is jamie and that’s that on that. overall great even though they underutilized skills and mouth.

the 100: yeah i only made it to the episode before l/xa was killed… i think i’ll revisit it because it was something me and my best friend watched weekly before he spent all his time in the hospital and unfortunately passed. i really stopped feeling it after like 3x02… it just became too much and i also just didn’t like the showrunner so that made me not want to watch more than the actual plot.

skam: i had to stop watching bc vilde pissed me off whenever she spoke hhfkjdhfjd… i’ve seen the american remake and her american counterpart pisses me off too. otherwise, i did enjoy it even though it was slow for me bc i’m used to shows with crackhead energy. i liked sana the most but i never finished her season bc i couldn’t get the google drive video to work.

skins: honestly a classic. i do revisit it from time to time because of all the teen shows i’ve seen it’s the most realistic and i like that about it. i’ve seen the american remake, and i liked one character because we have the same name hkjhfkjsh

misfits: a great show with a very fun concept but when the original cast except on of them it just wasn’t as good.

some girls: UNDERRATED AS HELL! i fucking love it… it was hilarious.

sex education: i love it. i adore maeve and jackson as a couple and seperately. i hate that the show is doing the uncool guy/cool girl thing as their potential engame because maeve x jackson is great and otis x ola deserves a chance. i also love amy.

end of the fucking world: the whitest white people shit to ever exist.

the get down: this show was soooooo fucking good and i’m not saying that because i love jaden smith. i genuinely thing everything about it except fat annie was great.

my mad fat diary: absolutely perfect. would not change a single thing about it except maybe add a black character… or 3.

teen wolf: fell off after the 3rd season. the darkest show i’ve ever seen… like i literally could not see a thing. wish that they let scott be single for at least half a season, he didn’t need a love interest all the time. overall has a special place in my heart but JEFF DAVIS CAN CHOKE.

recovery road: i don’t think it should’ve been canceled. it was good and deserved more opportunity to thrive. could’ve done without the phony jamaican though. she should’ve been written out…

the vampire diaries: i liked it for the first 3 seasons but after that i was watching it out of habit, even doing that i only made it to season 6. i just don’t think it made season without elena. i like bonnie deserved better. i watched the finale and the only moment i liked was the moment with all the bennet witches… that was dope.

chilling adventures of sabrina: SOOOO GOOD. i don’t know how ras managed to get me to like it but i genuinely love it. hkily (harvey kinkle i love you). i hope ambrose and prudence get to kill father blackwood next season… it’s what they deserve.

degrassi: i’ve seen the entire franchise and i revisit it a lot when i feel nostalgic. my favorites in the franchise are degrassi high and the next generation. i like the first 6 seasons and season 12 the most. i think next class tried a little too hard to be socially aware. it’s something that i associate most with my pre teen and teen years.

elite: an interesting mash of a lot of american teen shows i’ve seen but in spanish.

the oc: way too white. i thrived off of marrissa’s wild behavior but i didn’t care for anything else. i think the storyline with alex was out of place and rushed as hell.

secret life: world’s worst show. like seriously should not have existed.

legacies: i like it so much right now, but i think landon is as interesting as a piece of white bread.

grownish: the plot and characters leave little to be desired but the clothes… oh my god… the clothes. wow. that is worth watching the show for.

cloak and dagger: i would give my firstborn for another season. it’s so good.

runaways: can’t wait to see my babies this winter. i love everything about this show.

twisted: WHY WAS IT CANCELED? I LIKED IT… I LOVED LACEY AND DANNY.

dead of summer: i can’t remember anything that happened but eli goree was absolutely gorgeous in it.

the lying game: the plot confuses me to this day. i can’t remember if i liked it.

10 things i hate about you: idk why freeform did that… it was so bad hkjhsjfkhs

kyle xy: i remember liking it a lot but i don’t remember but else. the lead guy has the cutest little family. he and his husband have a cute little youtube channel.

90210: the reboot was just a bunch of unnecessary drama but i did enjoy some of it. the plot where they made dixon, the only black guy and the nicest guy in the group, a villain was ugly and unnecessary. i liked ivy, raj, and dixon the most. it did lack the after school special feel of the original though.

13 reasons why: shouldn’t exist. period. but ross was good in it.

on my block: i absolutely love it and hope the cast negotiates a pay raise so they get what they deserve.

scream: i liked it but i don’t think it had the same appeal as the movie it spawned from. i think the recent revival had a fun twist and some funny one-liners and i loved that both final girls were black and so was the final boy.

hard times of rj burger: as dumb as it sounds with terrible jokes.

finding carter: i thought it was a good show and would have survived had it been on a network like freeform. mtv just wasn’t the best place for it

boy meets world: a show that’s very close to my heart that i will continue to love forever. shawn and angela deserved better.

saved by the bell: my fav show to watch when i’m having a panic attack. it helps me calm down. also 90s mario and mark could GET IT ANY TIME, ANY DAY, ANYWHERE!

south of nowhere: i can’t remember much but i think i liked it.

gigantic: absolutely boring. that shit was boring as fuck.

open heart: boring.

smart guy: iconic.

sister, sister: LEGENDERIC.

one on one: hilarious and heartwarming.

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Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies - Django Paris

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World Django Paris Genre: Education Price: $38.99 Publish Date: May 5, 2017 Publisher: Teachers College Press Seller: Directebooks Ltd Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies raises fundamental questions about the purpose of schooling in changing societies. Bringing together an intergenerational group of prominent educators and researchers, this volume engages and extends the concept of culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP)—teaching that perpetuates and fosters linguistic, literate, and cultural pluralism as part of schooling for positive social transformation. The authors propose that schooling should be a site for sustaining the cultural practices of communities of color, rather than eradicating them. Chapters present theoretically grounded examples of how educators and scholars can support Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, South African, and immigrant students as part of a collective movement towards educational justice in a changing world. Book Features: A definitive resource on culturally sustaining pedagogies, including what they look like in the classroom and how they differ from deficit-model approaches.Examples of teaching that sustain the languages, literacies, and cultural practices of students and communities of color.Contributions from the founders of such lasting educational frameworks as culturally relevant pedagogy, funds of knowledge, cultural modeling, and third space. Contributors: H. Samy Alim, Mary Bucholtz, Dolores Inés Casillas, Michael Domínguez, Nelson Flores, Norma Gonzalez, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Adam Haupt, Amanda Holmes, Jason G. Irizarry, Patrick Johnson, Valerie Kinloch, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Carol D. Lee, Stacey J. Lee, Tiffany S. Lee, Jin Sook Lee, Teresa L. McCarty, Django Paris, Courtney Peña, Jonathan Rosa, Timothy J. San Pedro, Daniel Walsh, Casey Wong “All teachers committed to justice and equity in our schools and society will cherish this book.” —Sonia Nieto, professor emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “This book is for educators who are unafraid of using education to make a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable.” —Pedro Noguera, University of California, Los Angeles “This book calls for deep, effective practices and understanding that centers on our youths’ assets.” —Prudence L. Carter, dean, Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley http://dlvr.it/R6SC02

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themomsandthecity · 7 years

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Every Baby Name We Could Possibly Think Of

Naming your baby is a big decision, and with endless options, it can also be a difficult one. Whether you're going the traditional route or want something more unique (if so, read this first!) it's helpful to have a little, or a lot, of inspiration. Ahead, you'll find nearly every baby name we could think of (close to 1,000!). These aren't just random names we found in a book or concocted ourselves - they're almost all monikers we've heard being used, or we actually know someone who goes by the name. If we missed any, tell us in the comments! A Aaliyah Aaron Abbie Abel Abigail Abraham Adalyn Adam Addilyn Addison Adelaide Adeline Adley Adora Agatha Aiden Alan Albert Aleph Alexander Alexis Ali Alma Alton Ama Amanda Amaryllis Amber Ameila Amélie Amy Anders Anderson Andrea Andrew Angie Angela Angelica Anika Anna Annalise Anne Annie Ansel Apple April Arata Archie Aria Ariane Ariel Arlee Arlo Arman Arthur Arun Arwen Arya Asha Asher Aspen Atticus Aton Aubrey Audrey August Augustus Aurora Ava Avery Axel Aziz B Bailey Barack Barbara Barney Barry Beatrice Beau Beckett Beckham Becky Ben Benedict Benjamin Bennett Bentley Bernadette Beth Bette Betty Beverly Bexley Bianca Bill Billie Bingham Bishop Bitsie Blake Blue Bobby Bodhi Bonnie Bowie Brady Braelynn Brandon Brayden Brecken Bree Brent Brenton Brett Brian Briana Briar Bridgette Brienne Brig Brigham Brinley Brio Britta Brock Brody Bronwyn Brooklyn Bruno Bryan Byron C Caden Caitlin Caity Cale Caleb Calla Calvin Camari Cameron Camilla Carena Carina Carl Carmel Carol Carrey Carter Cary Casey Caspian Cat Catherine Celine Chandler Chanel Channing Charise Charlene Charles Charlotte Chase Cher Cheri Cheriann Cheryl Chevy Chip Chloe Chris Chrissy Christian Christopher Claire Clara Clark Clary Claudia Clementine Clifford Clint Clinton Clyde Colin Collins Condoleezza Connor Conrad Constance Coolidge Cooper Cora Corban Courtney Cruz Related: 100 of the Most Beautiful Baby Names D Daisy Dale Dallas Damon Dane Danica Daniel Danielle Daphne Darby Darlene Darrel Daryl Dashiell Dave David Davina Davis Davon Dawn Dean Deanna Declan Dekel Delaney Delilah Delta Dennis Denzel Desmond Dev Devon Dexter Diane Dinah Dixie Dixon Dolores Dominique Donald Doris Dorothea Dorothy Dot Duke Duncan Dwight Dylan E Easton Ed Eden Edith Edmund Edward Effie Eleanor Elena Eli Eliana Elijah Elise Elizabeth Ella Elle Ellen Ellerie Ellie Elliott Ellis Elodie Eloise Elora Elroy Elsa Elsie Embry Emerson Emily Emma Emmett Eric Erica Esme Esmeralda Esther Ethan Ethel Eugene Evan Eve Evelyn Everett Evie Ewan Ezra F Farah Fay Felix Ferris Finn Fiona Fisher Fitz Fleur Flint Florence Floyd Flynn Ford Forrest Foster Fox Frances Frank Franklin Frederick G Gabe Gabriel Gaige Gail Gant Garrett Garth Gavin Gem Gemma Gene Genesis Gertrude George Gianna Gibson Gigi Gina Ginger Gladys Glenn Gloria Gordon Grace Grady Graham Grant Grayson Greer Gregory Griffin Grover Gus Gwen Gwyneth H Hadlee Hailey Hal Halle Hank Hannah Harding Harlow Harlyn Harold Harper Harriet Harrison Harry Hart Hartley Harvey Haven Hawk Hawthorne Hayden Hayes Hays Hazel Hector Heath Heather Helen Henley Henry Hillary Honor Holden Holly Holt Hope Hubert Hudson Hugo Humphrey Hunter Hurley Hutton Related: Based Off Last Year's Trends, These 30 Names Will Be Among the Most Popular of 2017 I Ian Ida Idris Ike Imanuel Imogen India Indy Ingrid Inizio Ireland Iris Irvin Isa Isaac Isabella Isabelle Isaiah Isla Israel Ivana Ivory J Jack Jackie Jackson Jacob Jacqueline Jaden Jaelyn Jagger Jake James Jameson Jamie Jane January Jason Jasper Jaun Jax Jaxon Jayce Jayden Jeannette Jed Jeff Jefferson Jenna Jess Jessica Jessie Jill Jillian Joan Joanna Joaquin Joe John Jones Jordan Joseph Josephine Josh Joshua Joslyn Joss Joy Joyce Judith Judy Jules Julia Julian Julie Juliet Julius June Juno Justin K Kai Kaia Kale Kalinda Kane Karah Katharine Kathryn Kate Kay Kaya Kaylee Keanu Keegan Keira Keith Kellan Kelly Kelsey Kendall Kennedy Kevin Khloe Kiah Kiele Kiera Kim Kima Kimberly Kingston Kinsley Kirk Kit Kitty Knox Krista Kristen Kurtis Kyle Kylie L Laith Lake Lana Landon Lane Larissa Larkin Laszlo Laura Lauren Lawrence Layla Leah Lee Leia Leighton Leilani Lena Lennon Leo Leonard Leslie Levi Lewis Leyona Lia Liam Liana Lida Lilith Lillian Lily Lincoln Lindsay Lionel Lisa Lisette Liz Logan Lois Lola London Loretta Lorraine Louella Louise Lucas Lucian Lucille Lucy Luke Luna Lux Lyle Lyndon Lynne Related: 100 Unusual Boy Names M Mabel Mabrey Mac Macallan Mackenzie Macy Madeleine Madelyn Madison Mae Maeby Maggie Mahershala Maia Makena Malcolm Maleeya Malia Mamie Mandy Marabelle Marcus Maren Margaret Margot Mari Maria Mariah Mariam Marilyn Marin Marion Marisole Marisse Marjorie Mark Marlene Marlon Marlowe Martha Martin Mary Mason Matilda Matthew Maui Mavis Maximus Maxson May Maya McKinley Megan Melissa Meredith Merritt Meryl Meyer Mia Michael Michelle Mika Mike Mila Mildred Miles Millie Milo Moana Molly Monica Monroe Montgomery Morgan Moses Muhammad Murray Myles N Nahall Nahla Nancy Nanette Naomie Nasima Natalie Nate Nathan Naveen Naya Neil Neisa Neo Neoma Newt Newton Niall Nicholas Nick Nico Nicole Nicolette Nigel Nile Nimah Nixon Noah Noel Nolan Nora Norma Norman North Nova O Obama Octavia Olly Olive Oliver Olivia Omar Opal Ophelia Ordell Oriana Orion Orlando Orson Orville Oscar Otis Otto Owen P Paige Paislee Paloma Pandora Paris Parker Patrick Patsy Paul Payton Pearl Peggy Penelope Penn Penny Perry Pete Peyton Phillip Phoebe Phoenix Phyllis Pierce Piper Polly Poppy Porter Posey Preston Primrose Priya Prudence Priscilla Q Quaid Quincy Quentin Quinn Quinten R Rachel Radley Rae Ralph Ramsey Rayna Rayne Reagan Rebecca Reese Reeve Reid Reign Remi Renly Rex Rhea Rhett Rhys Richard Rick Riley Ripley River Rivers Rob Robert Robin Rome Romy Ronald Ronin Rooney Roosevelt Rory Rosalind Rosalynn Rosamund Rose Rosemary Ross Rowan Roy Royce Ruby Rue Ruth Rutherford Ryan Ryder Related: 100 Unique Yet Beautiful Girls' Names S Sacha Sage Sahara Saint Sam Samuel Sandra Sandy Sansa Sarah Saul Savannah Sawyer Scarlett Schuyler Scout Sean Sebastian Selena Sena Seymour Shane Shannon Shea Shelly Sherlock Sherry Shiloh Shirley Sia Sidney Sienna Simon Skyler Sloan Sofia Solo Sonia Sophia Sophie Spencer Stacy Stanley Stella Stephanie Sterling Stetson Stuart Sue Sullivan Summer Suri Susan Sylvia T Tabitha Tad Tamera Tamsyn Tanner Tara Tate Taylor Teagan Teddy Terrance Thea Thelma Theordore Theresa Thomas Tim Tina Tinley Toby Todd Tom Tony Travis Travon Trent Trey Tricia Trinity Tripp Tristan Troy Truman Turner Tyler Tyson V Valentina Valentine Vance Vaughan Vaughn Vera Vern Victor Victoria Viggo Vince Vincent Viola Violet Virgil Vivian W Waldo Walker Wallis Walter Warren Watson Waverly Wells Wes Wesley Westley Whitney Will Willa William Willow Wilson Winter Wolfe Wren Wyatt X Xander Xavier Xeno Y Yanet Yani Yigal York Yuma Yvette Z Zachary Zahir Zander Zane Zaylee Zayn Zion Zoe Zola Zooey Zora Zuma Zuri Related: These Are the Most Popular Baby Names of 2016 http://bit.ly/2kR9iwY

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zipgrowth · 6 years

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As gender achievement gap narrows, schools have work to do

Men are traditionally thought to be left-brain thinkers, which makes them more analytical and logical. Women, the thinking goes, are more creative and holistic, making them primarily right-brain thinkers…

While such gender-based stereotypes are finally falling by the wayside, questions remain about the role that gender plays in student performance and achievement in school. Should it play a role at all?

The school-based gender gap refers to the disparity in achievement between genders in an educational environment. Often, this disparity is influenced by social factors.

From 2008 to 2015, gender gaps in math and reading gradually narrowed–with math closing at a much faster clip. A recent Stanford University and Learning Policy Institute study found no significant national gaps in math after years of higher achievement rates among boys. Reading gaps, however, have widened, with girls nearly three-quarters of a grade level ahead.

While understanding national trends is helpful, new research points to the need to look at gender gaps within local communities, or school districts.

Stanford University and the Learning Policy Institute compared gender gaps in nearly 10,000 school districts across the country. The study found that performance gaps between male and female students varied substantially from district to district.

Some of the largest gaps in math and reading achievement were found in wealthier districts–especially those where men had higher average incomes than their spouses.

In low-income districts, gender gaps largely favored girls in both reading and math.

Researchers say such disparities in achievement are likely tied to social realities of students’ communities. Who are the people students look up to? Do they get equal encouragement to do well in school? Do parents–consciously or unconsciously–encourage one gender over the other? All these factors can have strong effects on student achievement, experts say.

Continuing to close gender gaps requires a comprehensive effort. Here are three ideas to ensure a level academic playing field, based on recent research:

1.When designing curriculum, understand longstanding gender dynamics–both inside and outside your schools.

Take the time to really understand what’s going on in your school. Is there an obvious gender gap? If so, what subjects do boys struggle in? What about girls?

In affluent communities that are predominantly white or Asian-American, boys have traditionally outperformed girls in math. Experts say this may in part be caused by historical family dynamics in which men traditionally earned more than their spouses in math- or science-oriented careers. Understanding these dynamics is vital to tackling gender gaps, writes Claire Cain Miller and Kevin Quealy in The New York Times:

The gap was largest in school districts in which men earned a lot, had high levels of education, and were likely to work in business or science. Women in such districts earned significantly less. Children might absorb the message that sons should grow up to work in high-earning, math-based jobs.”

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2. Help students rethink traditional stereotypes.

In some communities, gender stereotypes, unsurprisingly, play an outsized role in gender gaps. African-American and Hispanic boys, for instance, in low-income neighborhoods, often ignore academic pursuits to preserve community conceptions of “masculinity,” Prudence L. Carter, Co-Director of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, writes in the Harvard Educational Review:

“The seemingly culturally based concept of resistance is shown to have a serious gender interaction, and the potential for emasculation causes Black and Latino males to be more disengaged academically than their female counterparts.”

To counteract this trend, California’s Oakland Unified School District launched a first-in-the-nation program called Manhood Development Project, as the Detroit Free Press reports. Started in 2010, the program combines academic mentoring, motivational psychology, and character education. It incorporates an Afrocentric curriculum and encourages “brotherhood” on campus among male students.

School leaders say incorporating the program as a regular course during the school day–rather than as an extra after-school program–has helped to enhance its effectiveness. The numbers speak for themselves: the graduation rate among African-American males as well as the number of African-American males on the honor roll have both increased, while the suspension rate and the number of students entering the juvenile justice system have declined.

3. Encourage all students equally in all subjects.

Everyone knows how difficult it can be to break long-held perceptions.

According to researchers in the journal AERA Open, teachers in wealthy communities often underestimate the capabilities of girls in math courses, which often leads to inequitable teaching practices.

As school districts focus on narrowing persistent gender gaps, they’ll need to ensure that all students have equal access to all subjects, as math education expert and author, Jo Boaler, said in a recent seminar (first reported in The Seattle Globalist):

“…if students spend time in class where they are given access to high-level content, they achieve at higher levels. So, why not give all students access to advanced math courses?”

Has your school or district identified a gender gap among students? What steps are you taking to implement equal opportunity learning for all students? Tell us in the comments.

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quotesfromall · 10 months

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Students find much meaning in the way classrooms are structured, especially in multiracial schools. These schools send implicit messages to many poor Black and Latino students when the ability grouping is highly correlated to racial and ethnic background. In multiracial and multiethnic schools, certain courses can become known as classes for Black kids, White kids, or Asian kids.

Prudence L. Carter, Keepin' it Real

#affirmative action #black excellence #tracking #segregation #prudence l. carter #prudence l carter #prudence carter #carter #keepin it real #keepin' it real #Keepin' It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White #school success beyond black and white #2005 #carter 2005