Science Needs to Face Up to Its Racist History

Cortez Deacetis

An early indication that the Biden administration would look for to elevate the great importance of science in conclusion-producing was the announcement that the director of the White Household Business of Science and Technological know-how Plan would be a Cabinet level position. It set a pattern that the administration would […]

Beatrice Finkelstein, the Woman Who Fed the Astronauts

Cortez Deacetis

In just a handful of months, NASA will celebrate the 60th anniversary of American astronauts’ venturing into outer space. Alan Shepard’s 15-moment suborbital experience began the journey. Just two and 50 {0841e0d75c8d746db04d650b1305ad3fcafc778b501ea82c6d7687ee4903b11a} months afterwards Virgil (Gus) Grissom reached a peak of 118 miles, and seven months immediately after that John […]

Bridging the gap between policy and practice: Unpacking the commercial rhetoric of Google for Education

Cortez Deacetis

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Gender differences in mathematics outcomes at different levels of locality to inform policy and practice

Cortez Deacetis

Introduction The investigation of gender differences in students’ attainment has received increasing attention but has historically failed to explain important patterns across cultures and geographies. Recent studies based on national and international surveys have shown that, in many countries, male students achieve a significantly higher mean score than females in […]