From Bloomberg authored by Jeff Green: “Most companies already offer sexual harassment training of some sort. But it often exists to protect employers from lawsuits and focuses on teaching people to spot, rather than eliminate, bad behavior. ‘Much of the training done over the last 30 years has not worked as a prevention tool,’ a […]
Category Archives: Educator/Education
Anti-Poverty Pioneer Becomes The Second Woman in History to Win the Nobel Prize in Economics
From A Mighty Girl authored by A Mighty Girl Staff: “Dr. Esther Duflo has just become the second woman in history and the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize in Economics! The 46-year-old MIT professor shares the prize with her husband, Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, and colleague Dr. Michael Kremer; together they have helped […]
Paid Child Care for Working Mothers? All It Took Was a World War
From The New York Times authored by Lydia Keisling: “I am typing this from inside an indoor playground in Portland. We are new to town, it’s the tail end of summer and my 4-year-old daughter can’t start her new preschool until next week. It’s also raining, and our house is full of boxes. We took […]
GENDER EQUALITY IS WITHIN OUR REACH
From Harvard Business Review authored by Melinda Gates: “In January 2010, Rosie the Riveter appeared in the mailbox of my home near Seattle, flexing her iconic bicep on the cover of the Economist. The cover story struck a triumphant tone, reporting, “At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is […]
Delta Flight With All-Woman Crew Brings 120 Girls To Visit NASA
From Scary Mommy authored by Julie Scagell: “Delta had reason to celebrate after another successful International Girls in Aviation Day success. This is the fifth time their WING (Women Inspiring our Next Generation) flight took off carrying 120 girls and an all-female crew to show the younger generation that a career in aviation is possible. The […]
Back-to-School Night Is Hard for Single Parents
From The Atlantic authored by Alia Wong: “Susan Dynarski’s husband always took the lead at their kids’ school events, asking questions, getting updates, and advocating for their success. When Dynarski, whose job as a professor at the University of Michigan requires a lot of travel, wasn’t relying on her husband’s “social capital” at these gatherings, […]
A ‘curvier’ high school swimmer won — only to be disqualified because of a ‘suit wedgie’
From The Washington Post authored by Antonia Noori Farzan: “The teenage girl clambered out of the pool, ready to accept victory. A champion swimmer for Anchorage’s Dimond High School, she had crushed her competition in the 100-meter freestyle during Friday night’s meet with a rival from across town. But as soon as she stepped out […]
Internet Slang Is More Sophisticated Than It Seems
From The Atlantic authored by Jake Cline: These are tough times for grammar snobs, those would-be avatars of flawless spelling and proper syntax who need look no further than a high-school friend’s Facebook posts or a family member’s text messages to find their treasured language being misused and neglected. Of course, split infinitives, dangling modifiers, […]
Juvenile Defender Wants Teachers To Disrupt The School-To-Prison Pipeline
From Wyoming Public Media authored by Savannah Mayer “Over 600 Native students and their educators gathered at Central Wyoming College this week for the annual Native American Conference. Juvenile Defender Nubia Pena gave the keynote address. She talked with Wyoming Public Radio’s Savannah Maher about what teachers on the Wind River Reservation can do to […]
Cambridge sexual misconduct rule change branded ‘unlawful’
From The Guardian authored by David Batty: “Lawyers and women’s groups have condemned a decision by Cambridge University to not investigate some students’ complaints of sexual misconduct, including rape, warning it was potentially unlawful. Their comments came after a ruling this summer that sexual misconduct should no longer be covered by the university’s general disciplinary […]
