"two economists from Texas A&M University report that schoolgirls do even better than their male counterparts when they are taught by female teachers. Specifically, the authors found a significant change in female test scores in math—long considered the last bastion of male educational dominance—when taught by a woman instead of a man...
“Female students report feeling that their female teachers are more likely to give students an equal chance to participate,” he writes, adding that “their female teachers are more likely to encourage creative expression.”
This may be great news for young women learners, but Meer believes these findings are worrisome for anyone concerned that boys are increasingly falling behind their female classmates in school. “I’m personally deeply worried about male performance in schools,” Meer wrote, citing the mounting evidence showing a large and growing gap in educational achievement between females and males."
The stats here are reported kinda weirdly? And this is done in South Korea, which might have different systems of gender oppression from the American ones that would be relevant here. But interesting and telling!
Like, the logical leap at the end from more women in teaching --> fewer men want to be teachers --> male teachers are worse than female teachers. That's the same flawed logic used about women in traditionally male fields.
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