June 26, 2018
Students and Social Issues
While graduation ceremonies in 2018 still celebrated tradition, students stood up and delivered important and inspiring messages.
Students and Social Issues » Gender Equity
May 15, 2018
Students and Social Issues
Educators are uniquely positioned to work towards creating a safe, supportive and affirming school environment.
January 6, 2016
Students and Social Issues
Criticized for unfairly targeting girls, student dress codes are getting a second look across the country.
October 8, 2015
Students and Social Issues
A school climate survey conducted by GLSEN finds that transgender students are far more likely than other students to avoid bathrooms because they feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
October 1, 2014
Students and Social Issues
There’s a gender leadership gap in the United States, says NEA President Lily Eskelsen García, and educators are well-positioned to help close it.
March 12, 2014
Students and Social Issues
Malala Yousafzai – the Pakistani student who stood up to the Taliban and survived a brutal attack in 2012–...
July 30, 2013
Students and Social Issues
At the recent 2013 NEA Joint Conference on Concerns of Minorities and Women, Lilly Ledbetter told the crowd, “There...
March 5, 2013
Students and Social Issues
All-boy classrooms, more male teachers, and longer hours on the playground — these are often suggested answers to improving...
June 21, 2012
Students and Social Issues
Forty years ago this week, Title IX, which bans sex discrimination in any federally funded education program, was signed...
November 1, 2011
Students and Social Issues
Nearly 40 years after the federal Title IX law emerged to level the playing field for women-athletes, it’s becoming...