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This Year's Love/Flickr Schools Are Failing Minority LGBT Students
A new report outlines the many obstacles gay children of color face as they try to get a good education.
adpowers/flickr First Step to Fixing Gender Bias in Business School: Admit the Problem
Lessons from Harvard Business School's recent attempts at transformation
Toru Hanai/Reuters How Women and Men Use Flexible Work Policies Differently
A new study of MBAs shows that women are more likely to telecommute, while men are more likely to use flexible working hours.
Why Paid Family Leave Is Good for Everyone (Even People Who Don't Use It)
Family-friendly laws signal a broad social consensus that citizens have a right to do both caregiving and paid work.
Women Are More Likely Than Men to Be Engaged in Their Jobs
It's not clear why, but it may be because women tend to have more flexible work arrangements.
Auto-Repair Shops Tend to Overcharge Women, Except When They Don't
"It's easy to imagine employees in male-dominated work environments like car-repair shops succumbing to gender stereotypes."
There Are Plenty of Reasons Why Parents May Read More With Their Daughters
Understanding a new study that finds girls get more reading time with their parents than boys
What a Mother Needs Most Is Time
Not breakfast in bed. Not flowers. Not a card.
Congress's Doomed, Misguided Attempt to Help Working Families
Why doesn't the government ask overstretched parents what sorts of policies would make their lives easier?
