Education & Education Reform

Women and girls have made substantial progress in educational attainment. Today in the US women receive more than half of all college degrees – and have almost achieved parity with men in advanced degrees in law, medicine and other disciplines. But several gaps persist, and more importantly, disparities remain among diverse women according to race, income, immigrant status and other socio-economic factors. Improving access to quality education for all students including adolescent girls and mothers needs to become a national and global priority.

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NCRW Resources

Reports & Publications

Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:26am
THE GIRLS REPORT: What We Know & Need to Know About Growing Up Female
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:29am
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Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:30am
How the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Addresses Women's Needs
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 3:31pm
Women in Community Colleges: Access to Success
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 4:55pm

Related Topics

Access & Disparities
Diversity & Inclusion
Early Childhood
Educational Leadership of Women & People of Color
Higher Education
International Education
K-12
Title IX
Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies

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Blog Posts

Great Gifts for Mothers of Young Children: Quality, Accessible, Affordable Early Care and Education
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Quality early care and education are truly a gifts that will keep on giving, not only to mothers, but to all of us.  We’re not saying that...
Is Illinois the New Face of Education Reform?
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By Allison FlambergThe Center for American Progress recently released a report on the education reforms Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law...
Supporting Families and Reducing Poverty
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By Melissa Stevenson*
Living Wages and Economic Security Out of Reach for Many Americans
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*By Kate Meyer
Looking to Women in America for Solutions
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*By Kate MeyerLast week Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, and Preeta Bansal...

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News

  • Instead of Work, Younger Women Head to School
    January 4, 2012

     Workers are dropping out of the labor force in droves, and they are mostly women. In fact, many are young women. But they are not dropping out forever; instead, these young women seem to be postponing their working lives to get more education....
  • Military academies report more sexual assaults
    December 28, 2011

    The Defense Department said the nation’s military service academies had received 65 reports of sexual assault during the 2010-2011 academic year, the highest total since the Pentagon began maintaining data in 2004.
  • Women moving into college athletic deprtments
    December 26, 2011

     In 2005, at age 49, Arizona State University hired Lisa Love as vice president for athletics, the highest-ranking job in the department. Six years later she is one of just five women to occupy the top athletics administrative position at a...
  • Aid for Child Care Drops When It Is Needed Most
    December 20, 2011

     With states under pressure to cut their budgets and federal stimulus money gone, low-income working parents are facing a paradox. Just when they have to work longer hours to make ends meet, they are losing access to the thing they need most...
  • Study challenges conventional wisdom about gender and math performance
    December 19, 2011

     A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement — in particular, the idea that girls and women have less ability due to a difference in...