Education is rife with racial and gender inequities, and the intersection of those two can often feel overwhelming. However, we sometimes get some news that seems uncharacteristically positive. This week, we got some of those headlines. Secretary of Education Cardona is about to have a busy month—he will begin rollbacks of DeVos policies and institute more protections for lots of students. This week, we break down a few components of the Cardona agenda: good, questionable, and unclear.
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We 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 one week each month. If you have ideas or contributions, leave a comment or tweet at us!
Read MoreOver the past two months, Ohio, Georgia, and Missouri have recently passed stricter versions of their own abortion bills – referred to popularly as “heartbeat bills” – which ban abortion after a heartbeat can be detected in a fetus (often at about six weeks and well before most women even know they are pregnant). Last Tuesday, Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion law. It bans all abortion except in the case of “serious” health risks to the mother. This law is explicitly positioned to be appealed, which would set it on a trajectory to be heard in the United States Supreme Court. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Representative Terry Collins, said, “The bill is about challenging Roe v. Wade.” While the Supreme Court can select the cases it hears in each session, the recent proliferation of abortion-related legislation increases the likelihood that one of these cases will reach the highest court in the land, on which a majority of conservative judges currently sit.
Read MoreWelcome back to Have a Seat with the C-Suite. We are all politics and policy nerds so this week we bring you a roundup focused on exactly that. An unprecedented number of women and people of color are running for office at all levels. The articles below offer some additional context that may be of interest to educators and fellow wonk wannabees.
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