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...Your story on women and the sciences was a wake-up call to anyone who is hanging on to a one-size-fits-all view of teaching math and scientific subjects." Cathy Seeley Austin, Texas...
...says a woman can't be Einstein?" was invaluably informative about the scientific research and sociological theories concerning women in math and science [March 28]. As a woman university student, I am continually saddened by the negative attitudes that persist in academia about women's aptitude in these fields. As suggested by your article, the educational system-not biology-is to blame for any discrepancy between the achievements of men and women. Given the right training and encouragement at an early age, women can, without a doubt, equal men in math, science and engineering-just as they have in other...
...always been interested in a wide range of intellectual pursuits. Math and science have the same appeal for me as do English, history, or even economics, so as the freshman deadline to declare a concentration loomed, I decided not to decide. My brilliant plan was to scribble something on my study card but continue to explore in the hopes of finding the kind of academic passion that professors were always alluding...
Then things began to improve under yet another superintendent, the outspoken Robert Spillane, 50. From 1981 to 1985, Spillane reduced incidents of school violence by 70%, eliminated a $31 million budget deficit and raised the majority of student-achievement scores to equal or exceed the national medians in math and English. Garrity, too, seemed to be winning some converts to his tough policies. "He's the bravest guy in Boston in the past 15 years," says Jerome Winegar, headmaster of now thoroughly integrated South Boston High School...
...average student struggles through just 31 such questions. Lawrence's feat was remarkable for anyone, but all the more so for her, since she is only 13 years old. This month she became the youngest person ever to graduate from Oxford, taking an honors degree in math. Said her tutor Mary Lunn, of St. Hugh's College, Oxford: "Ruth is exhausting. It takes all my time to keep up with...