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Mr. Adler’s Classroom Edit display name

  • Up Academy Boston
  • South Boston, MA
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

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In my class, I call my students scientists. My intention is not to be cute. My intention is to send a clear message that if my students work hard, persevere, and build their knowledge and skills, they can 100% get to college and become a true, world-changing scientist some day! However, my students don't always see their potential they way I do. Research has shown students, regardless of age, often draw scientists as white men. My largely Latino students from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico lack many scientist role models, and can find it hard to visualize themselves as scientists. By donating to this project, you'll be helping my students see themselves not as students, but as true scientists-in-training. There is tremendous power in, as the saying goes, dressing the for job you want. A recent study had two groups of students receive the exact same lessons, but had one group wear lab coats for 10 lessons over two months. This group of lab-coat-wearers saw a significant increase in their confidence in their scientific abilities, with 60 percent of students changing their answer from disagree to agree on the question, "I think I am good at science." Moreover, the students who wore lab coats were much more likely to aspire to a career in science; 50 percent of the lab-coat-wearing students changed their answer from disagree to agree on the question, "I would like to have a job that uses science." My scientists deserve the chance to get as far as their hard work and passion will take them. You can help them by putting them in lab coats, and helping them to see themselves as the scientists I know they can become!

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In my class, I call my students scientists. My intention is not to be cute. My intention is to send a clear message that if my students work hard, persevere, and build their knowledge and skills, they can 100% get to college and become a true, world-changing scientist some day! However, my students don't always see their potential they way I do. Research has shown students, regardless of age, often draw scientists as white men. My largely Latino students from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico lack many scientist role models, and can find it hard to visualize themselves as scientists. By donating to this project, you'll be helping my students see themselves not as students, but as true scientists-in-training. There is tremendous power in, as the saying goes, dressing the for job you want. A recent study had two groups of students receive the exact same lessons, but had one group wear lab coats for 10 lessons over two months. This group of lab-coat-wearers saw a significant increase in their confidence in their scientific abilities, with 60 percent of students changing their answer from disagree to agree on the question, "I think I am good at science." Moreover, the students who wore lab coats were much more likely to aspire to a career in science; 50 percent of the lab-coat-wearing students changed their answer from disagree to agree on the question, "I would like to have a job that uses science." My scientists deserve the chance to get as far as their hard work and passion will take them. You can help them by putting them in lab coats, and helping them to see themselves as the scientists I know they can become!

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