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Column: How can we raise future black women mathematicians? Start by asking them
When victory is in the balance of war, it's easier to see why a country must reap the talents of all its citizens – including black women – to protect everyone from existential threats. World War II made clear to the military the advantages of recruiting across racial lines. Later, the country's collective talents led to launching astronaut John Glenn into orbit in 1962, along with the science that went along (a story told in the new movie Hidden Figures, based on the book of the same title by Margot Lee Shetterly). Unfortunately, the participation of black women in the sciences has not rocketed.
Ailing Vermont Town Pins Hopes on Mideast Refugees
They hustled into the church on a biting winter evening, unburdened themselves of scarves and gloves, and settled into pews to sound out words in Arabic. “Ahlan fii Rutland,” said Fran Knapp, a retiree who lives about 20 minutes away, one of two or three dozen people who have attended a class here on rudimentary Arabic. Welcome to Rutland. It was one of many preparations this remote city in central Vermont is making before 100 refugees from Syria and Iraq arrive here over the next year, with the first expected to come later this month.
A Year-End Look at Our Most-Read Blog Posts on English-Language Learners
Readers of Education Week's Learning the Language blog were drawn to posts examining the effects of the Every Student Succeeds Act on English-language learners, research on boosting ELL achievement, and explorations of what it means to be an English-learner or immigrant student in the United States. Here's a look at the top blog posts in 2016.
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