Tag: feminism

A Feminist Perspective on Teacher Pay: Education’s “Me Too” Moment by Michael J. Franklin

Education’s “Me Too” Moment Teacher pay is sexist and damages both teachers and students.  While the “Me Too” movement has exposed sexual discrimination rampant in Hollywood, the more mundane sexual discrimination issue holding back educators remains muted. The adjacent teacher accounts reveal financial insecurity, and research says that teaching induces stress too (Rand 2022). The anxiety begins with

The Milk on Our School Lunch Trays: School Lunch, Milk, and the Female Bodies on Whom We Depend by Samantha Deane and Annie Schultz

Educational policymakers, teachers, administrators, and, often times, parents overlook the educational significance of the lunch hour. For policymakers and administrators, the lunch hour is a necessary break for students to refuel their brains vis a vis putting food into their bodies. For some parents, the lunch hour is the source of countless hours spent putting