This research proposes that women and men respond to
gendered public career systems.
Not exact matches
Preparation for
career, college, and citizenship; personal health and hygiene knowledge; racial and
gender equity; leisure and aesthetic appreciation; social mobility; scientific sophistication; safe driving practice; and sex, alcohol, drug, reproductive, and environmental awareness are all part of the booming, buzzing, and sometimes antithetical
public discourse that assigns purposes to the nation's schools.
The ideal dataset to address this question would track teachers from the beginning of their
careers through retirement, and include information on their demographics (including
gender) and
public school employment for each year.
Using national and state - level data on
public school managers, we find marked
gender disparities in the
career paths that lead educators from the classroom to the superintendent post.
After a
career in traditional
public education, Dr. Nichols said that she was attracted to the administrative position at IPA because of the single -
gender model focused on equipping girls for academic success in high school, college, and in life.
Marking the start of an ongoing initiative, it aims to spur serious discussion and action in national and international scientific and academic communities, especially regarding the pressing needs to increase women's participation in S&T
careers and enable sex - disaggregated data collection and rigorous research development, along with increasing
public awareness of
gender issues.