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• Play for the Ages

  By Patricia Hayot, Head, The Chapin School When we stop playing, we stop developing, and when that happens, the laws of entropy take over—things fall apart. Ultimately we...stop fully interacting with the world, more plant than animal. When we stop playing, we start dying. – STUART BROWN, M.D. The most delightful memories of our childhoods often revolve around play: inventing games with friends, running to playgrounds after school, or begging our parents to let us stay out a little bit longer as the evening light fades.
  
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• Physics First, Especially for Girls

  by Susan B. Lovell
  Science Department Chair
  Miss Hall’s School
  Where are the women in science professions? Where are the engineers, the astronomers, and the astronauts? Why do girls, who often dominate science in elementary school, tend to disappear from upper-level science classes in junior and senior years of high school? Girls’ participation in physics and computer science peaked twenty years ago and has been declining ever since, despite increased opportunity available due to changes in culture. Something is driving girls away. A look at changes in science education and the specific needs of girls might tell us what. Click Here to Download the Full Article