by admin | Dec 11, 2019 | Education, Featured
Rising numbers of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents has sparked a controversial debate over sex education. Conservatives have used the alarming figures to argue in favor of abstinence-only programs; while liberals counter that the best way to reduce...
by admin | Jan 31, 2019 | Education, Featured
By now, you’ve probably heard of the term “microaggression.” Simply put, a microaggression is a seemingly innocent remark or gesture that is actually quite offensive to the recipient. Below is a list of some common examples. 1. Interrupting Women Everyone has...
by admin | Jul 20, 2016 | Business, Education, LGBTQIA+
Increasingly, business schools are developing programs that favor diversity. They’re designed to introduce, engage, and empower students from backgrounds who have not been previously welcomed or supported in business education or the business world....
by admin | Jun 14, 2016 | Civil Rights, Education, News, Transgender
For decades, schools and states have tried to wiggle around the language of Title IX, the statute of the Education Amendments of 1972 that protects students and staff from discrimination based on sex in education at institutions that receive Federal funding. On...
by admin | May 4, 2016 | Education, Entertainment, LGBTQIA+
We may still be waiting for a lesbian Disney princess (or not, depending on your take on Elsa). Despite Disney’s slow progress many children’s books with same-sex couples are being published at a slow and steady rate. One of the latest children’s book...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Education, Equality, LGBTQIA+
What Jared Fox wants most to do is to make sure that students don’t have to fear to go to school. That’s what his position as the new LGBT liaison for New York City Public School system amounts to—he consults with teachers and administrators to make sure...
