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Education
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Principals are expected to be the 'rock' of schools, but they're stressed out
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.
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‘We feel like we lost two years of education’: School closings are more complicated for parents of children with disabilities
Parents of children with disabilities say remote learning is ineffective at best, but in-person schooling carries deadly risk.
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Women face a ‘concrete ceiling’ for top jobs at elite universities, study shows
Women make up the majority of students on college campuses but remain underrepresented as university presidents.
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The problem with how children in the U.S. are learning about climate change
Katie Worth's new book, ‘Miseducation,’ says climate change deniers and the fossil fuel industry seek to influence what students learn about global warming.
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Girls emerge as leaders of student walkouts over COVID concerns
Girls’ activism has become more visible in recent years — and also tends to come with specific types of harassment and dismissal.
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Remote instruction is back, but the digital divide continues
School districts have stocked up on computers but broadband access remains a problem as a COVID surge sends some systems remote.
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Lawsuits, complaints and protests are upending sexist school dress codes
Students and activists, many of them in the South, are challenging rigid dress codes that often target girls, students of color and LGBTQ+ youth.
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Moms left scrambling as surging Covid cases force last-minute school closings
Late developments force parents to balance trade-offs on work, child care and health, often with less than a day’s notice.
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Women's basketball is finally getting equal treatment in NCAA Final Four branding
The social media updates follow a 2021 gender equity review of the NCAA that called for the organization to make all promotional efforts for the men and women’s competitions the same.
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Illinois women’s prison offers a new chance at a degree
A program by Northwestern University addresses a gender gap in education for incarcerated people.