The Global Gender Gap Report is an annual study compiled by the World Economic Forum. This report includes 130 countries (which represents over 93% of the world’s population). It uses a series of economic, political, and social criteria to assess a nation’s ability to provide equal opportunities to both men and women. The four areas of focus in this report are economic opportunity, educational attainment, health, and political empowerment. According the 2012 Global Gender Gap Report New Zealand ranked sixth.
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Economists from Harvard University and the University of California, Berkley have teamed up to launch The Equality of Opportunity Project. This study focused on comparing income mobility across America’s largest metropolitan regions. The group compiled a list of regions where children raised in the bottom fifth (parents’ income less than $25k) are likely to end up in the top fifth (parents’ income more than $107k).
Most of the new jobs by 2030 will require a college degree. This really interesting image came from the Ohio Department of Education.Social stratification and commodification of public goods is not a new idea embraced by conservatives. In 1965 President Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This legislation was part of a series of education reforms to tackle the “War on Poverty.” This provision required states to administer standardized tests in order to receive federal education grants. Title I states that the federal government gives funding priority to schools that demonstrate a commitment to improving their test scores. Schools receiving Title I funding are regulated by federal legislation. Nebraska is the only state that does not have a standardized test. In 2001 Congress passed No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The education reforms behind NCLB rely on standardized tests to hold schools accountable. NCLB reduced academic freedom because many school districts were fixated on delivering better test scores. School districts across America competed to “teach the test.” Many electives were eliminated and school districts began imposing a subject-base curriculum.
In 1979 the United Nations adopted an international treaty to stop discrimination against women. The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was intended to serve as an international bill of rights for women. Key provisions include: rejection of violence against women, equality of men and women under the law, and to ensure that women participate in decision-making (at all levels). This treaty came into force on September 3, 1981. As of July 2011, 187 countries have ratified or acceded to this treaty.
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Gabriel FilerThis blog started as a place to dump my thoughts as I tried to wade through the complexity of this world. It also serves as a platform to put my ideas out into the ethers. Archives
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