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>> I'd assume most school administrators are women. > At least in the United States, this isn’t at all true. 54% female, 46% male https://nces.ed.gov/program

• whimsicalism 6y ago
  Interesting. Based on that data, this has likely flipped since most commenters here were in school.
  • blaser-waffle 6y ago
    My wife was a teacher and she noted that most over her male colleagues were leaving, especially in on the elementary and middle school level. Too many assumptions or allegations, plus the perception that guys can't be nurturing. Most of the men still in education were older and were able to migrate away from day-to-day teaching into admin roles. In 20 years those guys will be gone and there won't be any male teachers to replace them.
    • xyzzyz 6y ago
      > Too many assumptions or allegations, plus the perception that guys can't be nurturing. Sounds like very hostile and sexist environment. I wonder what efforts the school systems take to ensure gender diversity among its employees.
      • knorker 6y ago
        In today's climate perfectly gender diverse means 100% women. There was a bank that bragged some years ago about being the most diverse bank, since they had 65% or whatever women on the board. 50% was explicitly less diverse than 65%.
  • 8note 6y ago
    In elementary school there were maybe 3 male teachers, but the non-teacher staff were all male. It's only high school where the teachers were about balanced, and idk about the non-teachers
• WillPostForFood 6y ago
  It is interesting how it breaks down by elementary/middle/high: Close to 68 percent of elementary school principals are women, while men make up 67.3% of high school principals and 60% of middle school principals.