Improving urban schools : equity and access in K-12 STEM education for all students

• Other Authors: Capraro, Mary Margaret (Editor), Capraro, Robert Michael (Editor), Lewis, Chance W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
• Series: Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement.
• Subjects: Education, Urban > United States.; Science > Study and teaching > United States.; Technology > Study and teaching > United States.; Engineering > Study and teaching > United States.; Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States.; School improvement programs > United States.; Educational equalization > United States.; Education > Urban.; Education.; Urban communities.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806613847
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-232-6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) : illustrations

Although STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been diversely defined by various researchers (e.g. Buck Institute, 2003; Capraro & Slough, 2009; Scott, 2009; Wolf, 2008), during the last decade, STEM education has gained an increasing presence on the national agenda throug...