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Laura Bellows; Christopher Doss; Sam Mann – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Due to limited data, we know little about the prevalence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) educators. Using the American Community Survey and Census Pulse, we examine the representation of LGBTQ+ individuals in PK-12 teaching. We find that 3.3-3.5 percent of LGBTQ+ individuals are teachers; in contrast, 4.4-4.9 percent of…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Teacher Characteristics, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Lindsay Ellis Lee; Anne N. Rinn; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2024
The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) is the most widely used norm-referenced creativity test used in gifted identification. Although commonly used for identifying talent, little is known about how creativity tests, like the TTCT-Figural, contribute to the probability of being identified as gifted especially with underrepresented…
Descriptors: Gifted, Identification, Creativity Tests, Creative Thinking
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Rodney Nillsen – Australian Mathematics Education Journal, 2024
Equal representation as a social issue is about the participation of one social group, in a particular context, in proportion to the numbers in the group within the total population. The proportion of women in parliament, and of the participation rate of students of lower socioeconomic status in higher education, are examples. The aims of this…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Disproportionate Representation, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education