What do we do?
We help K-12 educators integrate equity work, especially gender equity work, into every aspect of school life, from curriculum and after-school activities to admissions and hiring.
Teach About Women’s Promise
All our materials give students the skills and knowledge they need to be champions for gender equity. To ensure quality and consistency, we hold ourselves to the following standards. All our materials are...
Gender-Inclusive/Feminist
- Does the material require students to think about gender dynamics and their effects on power, in particular, on how women negotiated power within patriarchal societies?
- Does the material encourage students to question and dismantle existing mechanisms of oppression rather than re-creating them?
- Does the material require students to evaluate the effect of overlapping power structures to arrive at a more complete understanding of the diversity of women’s experiences?
- Does the material address the power dynamics that are unfolding in the classroom? (eg. race, class, gender, religion, language, ethnicity)
- Does the material give students tools for understanding relationships/change at a global scale?
- Does the material require students to examine a rich variety of sources, including literary and visual sources, primary and secondary sources, to reach a deeper understanding of the human experience?
- Does the material give students ways to re-evaluate what they think they already know to create new paradigms for understanding the world?
We hope to build a movement to encourage teachers and communities to embrace the diverse roles and histories of women and engage in conversations about gender equity and social justice across departments.
Our Philosophy
The best teaching demonstrates the dynamism, creativity and dedication for growth necessary for success today. But creativity and growth are nothing without kindness and generosity. We believe in offering professional development based on
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“Judith and her Maidservant” by Artemesia Gentileschi (1613/14)d
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