Equity for All

According to the National Council for Minorities in Engineering, Latinos accounted for only 6.3 percent of the engineering degrees awarded in 2010, and a tiny 1.2 percent of those awarded doctoral degrees. Strategies for an Equitable Science Classroom * Ensure parents have information on the school system and the social services and community resources available to them. * Provide opportunities for small-group work, self-directed learning, peer-group activities, and leadership opportunities. * Closely monitor science discussions. [...]knowing is in the explaining, and when students share their knowledge with each other, then you know they understand the information. * Make your classroom a place where conversations of how bias is reflected in science by the culture is brought to the attention of the students. * "Move toward indigenous (cultural) resources in order to be culturally relevant rather than use resources tied to affluence" (Baker 2016). * Engage students in multi-faceted learning experiences, such as stations that have data to be interpreted, art work to be created, science equipment to be manipulated, and other forms of instruction that taps into the strengths of all students. * Provide opportunities for students to be mentored by university and industry professionals that can engage the students in seeing what it means to do science. * Provide career information that addresses the strengths of the students.