In 2012, the International Day of the Girl campaign was adopted by the UN to highlight the need for greater education, medical care and legal right for young women in developing countries. "According to UNICEF, 600 million adolescent girls will start work in t...
All year Teachers have been trying to educate us all on how incredibly underfunded their profession is. There have been strikes and rallies and in some cases, small wins.
Time Magazine is amplifying their voices through the long form article they published to...
As your children grow, so do their relationships with the world around them. Most elementary-aged girls have friends they play with, and by the fourth or fifth grade, they will begin to develop mentor/student relationships through extracurricular activities. ...
How would your daughter(s) say you feel about your body? Would they say you think positively about it or would they be able to repeat your frequent criticisms of yourself and your body? According to Laura Choate, a professor of counselor education at...
In recent months it seems like natural disasters, large-scale tragedies and social upheavals have been the relentless. As parents, we want to protect our children from all of the negativity in the world, but in times like these, it is almost impossible to do s...
Many girls took to the streets with their parents this past weekend to protest the new government's agenda on women's right issues. The march which was planned to take place in Washington DC quickly spread around the nation and beyond. It has be...
If you are planning a geographic move for your family in 2018, here is one criteria to add the list that zillow wont offer; STEM workforce diversity. A recent study by personal finance company Smart Asset ranked cities based on both racial and gender diversity...
Students in Massachusetts are beating the rest of the US on tests of Math competency. "Since the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993, schools in the state have focused on strengthening students comprehension of so-called STEM topics — science, tech...
Lately, Finland has been making the news for exceptional practices when it comes to education. First it was their philosophy on learning through play in kindergarten, then we learned they've figured out and are solving the gender gap in science ...