Asking whether women can both parent and lead #K12 school systems at the same time is sexist, and it cost yet another immensely talented female candidate her shot at a superintendency recently. https://www.the74million.org/article/rafal-baer-why-arent-there-more-female-superintendents-the-not-so-subtle-sexism-that-keeps-women-out-of-education-leadership/ (1/5)

#K12 ed is one of America’s most female-dominated professions, yet the sweeping majority of school systems are led by white men. Often, the reasons are subtle. Sometimes, they’re not. (2/5)

For nearly 5 years I’ve had an up close seat to the the incredible bias in decision-making processes that keep leaders of color+ women from these top Chief roles. Our team @chiefsforchange wrote about some of that here and suggested concrete steps: https://chiefsforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CFC-WomenLeaders-Final-April-23-2019.pdf (3/5)

School boards+selection committees should consider efforts to support examination of their own gender bias as part of their DEI goals. As with any form of bias, the problem is not necessarily w/intentions but in unexamined ideas about what constitutes effective leadership. (4/5)

We need to make it clear that being a woman is not inconsistent with being a CEO — it’s on boards to change their vision of what leadership looks like and to play by one set of rules in asking: Who is the most qualified leader, best to serve our kids? (5/5)