If you’ve been following us for a while, then you have followed us as we’ve expanded our content and focus to include school culture and climate. However, we still care very deeply about issues of race and gender and believe that these concerns are still part of our core mission. In fact, gender and racial inequities are closely related to school culture and climate. Below, we talk about some of the connections that we see.
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We are certainly all happy to see 2021. If you are a regular here at our AEC blog, welcome back! If you are a new reader, we are so happy to have you here! This blog is for all of our readers, to let you know a little bit about what AEC does and how we can help your school or district improve in the new year.
Read MoreWe return this month with our series that recaps our favorite (or least favorite) moments in gender equity from news, media, and long reads all over the internet. You'll see installments for This Month in Gender Equity one week each month. If you have ideas or contributions, leave a comment or tweet at us! This week we discuss women who govern like men, the dearth of female superintendents, how high school boys fit into the #metoo movement, and more—all This Month in Gender Equity.
Read MoreWe return this month with our series that recaps our favorite (or least favorite) moments in gender equity from news, media, and longreads all over the internet. You’ll see installments for This Month in Gender Equity the third week of each month. If you have ideas or contributions, leave a comment or tweet at us!
Read MoreTwo seemingly unrelated articles from the last week illustrate the systematic obstacles women face in the fight for pay equity. The first article talks about the ways in which women sacrifice career and earning potential to assume home and care responsibilities so that their (typically male) partners can take on jobs with longer, more unpredictable hours. The second article talks about the wage increases in a few states where teachers struck or took other political action over the last year. Taken together, the two articles suggest that there are numerous ways in which women, despite being better educated and more qualified for high-paying jobs than ever before, still lose the wage war.
Read MoreWe return this month with our series that recaps our favorite (or least favorite) moments in gender equity from news, media, and longreads all over the internet. You’ll see installments for This Month in Gender Equity the fourth week of each month. If you have ideas or contributions, leave a comment or tweet at us! We’d love to know what you’re reading and learning.
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