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In the last four decades, we have made tremendous social, technological, and scientific advances. We have the Civil Rights Act. We have explored the moon and are now making plans to explore Mars. We have completely mapped the human genome. We have also made computers smaller, faster, and smarter. Yet, during this same period, we have not been able to close the student achievement gap. How is this possible when the science education research community has produced so much knowledge clearly describing the social, cultural, and institutional factors that obstruct and/or facilitate equal access to educational opportunities (National Academy of the Sciences [NAS] 2010; Rodriguez 2004)?
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Rodriguez, A.J. (2013). Epilogue: Moving the Equity Agenda Forward Requires Transformative Action. In: Bianchini, J.A., Akerson, V.L., Barton, A.C., Lee, O., Rodriguez, A.J. (eds) Moving the Equity Agenda Forward. Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4467-7_22
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