Posts tagged “Girls Education”
Summer Reading: For Students and Educators
Summer is the prime season for reading. Students who take part in summer reading programs significantly improve their reading skills....
The Girls’ School Advantage: Top Ten Reasons to Attend an All-Girls School
The admissions season is coming to a close with families weighing their options. They are pouring over acceptance letters, evaluating...
International Women’s Day: Step It Up for Girls’ Education
Today we proudly observe International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day first emerged from the labor movements at the turn of...
Block that Stereotype: Doing Public Relations for Teenage Girls
I’m often stunned by what adults say to me when they learn that I’m a psychologist who consults to girls’...
NCGS: 25 Years of Advancing Girls’ Education Together
The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS) proudly celebrates this year a quarter century of advocating for girls’ schools. Consider...
Embrace a No Rescue Policy: Help Parents Encourage Resilience in Children
“In an effort to promote independence and responsibility, the school encourages a policy based on the premise that choices have...
Girls’ Schools: Uniquely Positioned to Help Close the Gender Gap
In “The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap,” released this fall from the American Association of University Women (AAUW),...
Think Globally, Act Locally: Two Events Come Together to Improve Women’s Lives
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of welcoming several hundred people to Foxcroft School for the Middleburg Cherry Blossom Nanette’s Walk,...
Voice and Vision: How Girls Learn to Lead and Resist Leading
Teaching girls to claim their voices is woven throughout our school’s history. From the essay writing contest from decades past...
Summer of Girls’ Leadership: Here, There, and Everywhere
Over the last few decades, women around the world have made significant gains in leadership. Despite these gains, pay equity,...
Single-sex vs. Co-ed Schooling for Girls: What You Need to Know
The single-sex versus co-ed school debate is back in the headlines in Australia after The Armidale School (TAS) in New...
All in the Family – Lessons in Leadership
Being a head can be isolating. It’s not just because of the old adage that it’s lonely at the top....