For years, parents looking for data to compare the academic quality of schools for their children had one primary measure to turn to: average student scores on standardized tests. However, these scores are often related to ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2023
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Increasing women's representation in science, technology, engineering and math majors will reduce—but not nearly eliminate—gender disparities in STEM occupations, Cornell sociologists report in new research.
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
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By day, Jessica Wade spends her time in a laboratory at Imperial College London surrounded by spectrometers, oscilloscopes—and men.
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2023
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Social media connects people and amplifies different aspects of humanity in good and bad ways. But the effects of social media appear neither universally good nor bad, but rather present an oscillating, dynamic system that ...
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2023
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Even though Brown v. Board of Education outlawed school segregation in 1954, racially segregated schools have persisted in practice. In recent years, the decades-long trend of white flight to suburbs has reversed in some ...
Education
Apr 10, 2023
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The decision of where to send a child for their K-12 education is a big one. According to new research from Rice University sociologists, approximately one-third of parents in their Dallas-based study make the call based ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2023
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To make new cells, we have to divide existing ones. This is a continuous, frequent and ubiquitous process which starts at conception and ends at death. There are an estimated 37 trillion cells in the tissues and organs of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2022
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The Supreme Court's historically low public standing has prompted a national conversation about the court's legitimacy. It's even drawn rare public comment from three sitting Supreme Court justices. What's referred to by ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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Men who apply for female-dominated jobs face a significant chance of being rejected at application stage, suggesting the existence of deep-rooted gender stereotypes.
Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2022
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Yolanda, 61, owns a home in the predominantly Black 7th Ward neighborhood in New Orleans.
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2022
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