Comments for STEM Equity

Comment on On Being Retro by Riled

Riled — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:23:16 +0000

This was SO well said. Your putting words to this experience gives both you and your readers the ability to prepare for the next encounter when we might face an opportunity to challenge some of these mindsets. Thank you for that. I am now picturing myself at least able to muster a “that’s so retro!” in response. Ha!

Comment on More STEM, STAT. by Donna

Donna — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:53:50 +0000

Thanks for writing this. I was also puzzled by the piece. With all the crap her colleague John Tierney spews about gender, I’d think there would be arguments more “fit to print” ….

Comment on Erring on the Side of…Exclusion by Mary Ebeling

Mary Ebeling — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:37:21 +0000

Grrr! Standardized tests are easier, therefore the gap “appears” to be closing. This is precisely why essentialist gender/race beliefs persists…there is always an “answer” to explain why essentialism exists (just like God). What does Tierney have to say about male achievement gaps on standardized English tests? I’m sure that Duster would have plenty to say! Thanks Amy for shining the light again and again on the persistent rhetoric (and the glorification, support, affirmation!) of inequality that proliferates in American media.

Comment on Nuclear Jobs: Where More is Less… by Mary Ebeling

Mary Ebeling — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:33:24 +0000

Given the community pushback here in Philly against the construction of casinos (casino promoters–developers and politicians–also make similar claims about “job creation” and “economic growth”), were any of these residents in Bay City given a voice as to whether they wanted a nuclear power plant in their community in the first place?

Comment on Backward, oh backward… by Mary Ebeling

Mary Ebeling — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:26:51 +0000

Where do I begin…Firstly, whole-heartedly agree with your points…I’m astonished by Brooks’s gross, ethnic and class essentializing, but what I find equally disturbing is his eliding of myriad policy conditions that shape “lifestyle outcomes” and regional differences (whatever that means…I personally do not think it is only limited to life expectancy rates). It is certainly no accident that West Virginia or Arkansas fare so poorly compared with the Northeast. But the cherry on top of this curdled whip cream of an op-ed, is his discussion of what policy should and should not do: don’t promote policies that forcibly exile people from their homelands to arid lands (really, policy shouldn’t promote slavery or ethnic cleansing?), do promote social bonds–like preschool or the military! Thanks David for another old saw.

Comment on Atop the Turbine: A Fine View of Community College by kby

kby — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:59:01 +0000

Great ad spotting….love the heroic imagery. But you missed an opportunity to make a Field of Dreams reference. Ask any Iowan for more information.

Comment on Seating Social Scientists at the STEM Table by Best acne treatment

Best acne treatment — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:13:07 +0000

I think technical education solves the problem of unemployment. Technically educated people will at last earn even their bread in honest and honourable way. Many people think that this education lowers their dignity. They prefer to be hungry lawyers than well fed mechanics.