Earning a degree drastically reduces recidivism for incarcerated people, but the gender disparity in offerings makes the process even harder for many.
Studies link Black principals, especially women, to better academic performance. New initiatives aim to train and support them.
Educators say legislation about what they teach and how mislead families and undermine public education. They’ve notched victories in multiple states, including red ones.
Part-time professors, more likely to be women and people of color, are a permanent underclass in academia, they said.
Between pay gaps, the pandemic, growing class sizes and legislative directives, “the pressure on teachers right now is so formidable,” one expert said.
Evidence of a gender gap has existed for decades. Now, an increasing number of schools are making the SAT optional for admission.
A teenager’s family missed the warning signs of abuse before she was killed. Texas schools hope to prevent similar tragedies.
Kalie Hargrove has a Title IX complaint against Lincoln Christian University — plus joined a class-action suit challenging a loophole that lets religious schools be exempted from rules that ban discrimination.
Women principals — along with principals of color, principals of high-poverty schools and principals of schools with high numbers of students of color — were particularly likely to experience “constant job-related stress,” a study found.
Women make up the majority of students on college campuses but remain underrepresented as university presidents.