Why The Pandemic’s Crunch on Women Has Hit Teaching Particularly Hard
Why the pandemic's pressure on women has hit the classroom particularly hard
Amber has a lot on her plate. She is a teacher and mother. Her children lost their kindergarten place when their city went into lockdown and now they are in quarantine. So Amber teaches her students online while taking care of her kids. Quitting is not an option. She loves to teach. She needs the paycheck. She's doing her best to deal with it, but it's unsustainable. Teacher moms like Amber don't have a job or work two jobs at the same time because they have no one to take care of their children. "A USA TODAY analysis of new census data shows that in 2020, Americans missed more jobs than ever before because of childcare challenges, and the burden was borne almost exclusively by women."
Most teachers are women, and t...