Vast majority of teaching staff oppose changing school day and summer holiday datesGavin Williamson, the education secretary, has said the government is considering various measures to help students catch up on schooling missed as a result of the pandemic. Among the proposals being considered are extending the length of the school day, and decreasing the amount of time students spend on the summer holiday.
YouGov’s latest Teacher Track survey shows that the overwhelming majority of teaching staff across Great Britain are opposed to such measures. Read More...
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the U.S., yet only a third of the patients in heart-disease and stroke studies are women. Female mice weren’t required in medical research until 2016, and a lack of women in drug trials leads to women experiencing twice as many adverse drug reactions as men. These are just some of the jarring statistics on gender bias in medicine that inspired Carolee Lee to found Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM), an organization that advocates for more research involving and differentiating women. Read More...