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[quote=calexander][url=http://youtu.be/7Hb0vkdzaWg]http://youtu.be/7Hb0vkdzaWg[/url]

We want to share this fascinating video from a Baltimore TEDx Talk by Dr. Roni Ellington, a Morgan State University professor of mathematics and a DC native.  In this talk, she shares her story about coming up through DC Public Schools and Spingarn HS and it is truly inspirational. Her research focuses on factors that allow talented, under-represented college students to "persist" and "succeed" in challenging STEM disciplines like theoretical mathematics.

One of her key findings is that self-efficacy, the extent or strength of one's belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and reach goals, was a crucial, common trait seen in all of the successful STEM students she interviewed, and often that important self-concept was honed in special academic programs starting as early as the third grade. In her 2006 dissertation at the University of Maryland, Dr. Ellington wrote of one of her subjects, "[In elementary school] Tina was placed in classes with teachers who pushed her and challenged her in mathematics.  She participated in hands on activities, played games which incorporated mathematical ideas and did very challenging mathematics work."

With the political season in the rear-view mirror, it is time that we work together to bring high-quality learning opportunities, in STEM and other subjects, to youth across the city.

Regards,
Christopher Alexander
Founder, NW Saturday Academy
www.nwsadc.com | @NWSaturday
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