If I ever again hear the word "hard-wired" used to describe anything other than an electrical system—the human brain, for instance—I'm going to scream. Even allowing for the unfortunate fact that old ...

Despite decades of global efforts to get more young women to study and pursue careers in math and science, girls still lag behind their male classmates in terms of academic performance and career ...

Look into advanced math and science classes on high school campuses, and you are looking at a man’s world. From high school to high school in Palm Beach County, the number of girls enrolled in ...

All through high school, Pat Crawley was blissfully ignorant of how unusual it was for her to be a math whiz. “It’s just me, I’ve always liked math,” Crawley said. Corinne Measelle came to science ...

It’s not easy being a girl in Indiana, according to one of the first-ever assessments of the health and well-being of young women in the state. The Status of Girls in Indiana 2013, released Thursday ...

High school engineering classrooms look a lot different than they did a few decades ago, and it’s not just because of computers. Those classes now have girls. Lots of girls. The numbers are even lower ...

Although girls are consistently higher achievers at the academic level, they lag far behind as active members of the labour force, according to a recently released report. 16 May 2008 AMMAN - Although ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Girls are the minority when it comes to high school athletic participation in every state in the country, but most states are more equal than Utah. In Minnesota, 49 percent of high ...