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Pour les écoles, la mère reste le parent à contacter en priorité : une charge mentale qui renforce les inégalités ?
France © Les mères ont tendance à assumer une plus grande part des tâches liées à la scolarité de leurs enfants. Shutterstock France - famille L’ESSENTIEL Les tâches liées à la scolarité des enfants pèsent toujours plus sur les mères que sur les pères. Dans leur manière d’échanger avec les familles, les établissements scolaires contribuent-ils à ce déséquilibre ? Contacter les mères en priorité peut entraîner des inégalités même dans des couples qui se répartissent les tâches.
Pour les écoles, la mère reste le parent à contacter en priorité : une charge mentale qui renforce les inégalités ?
L’ESSENTIEL Les tâches liées à la scolarité des enfants pèsent toujours plus sur les mères que sur les pères. Dans leur manière d’échanger avec les familles, les établissements scolaires contribuent-ils à ce déséquilibre ? Contacter les mères en priorité peut entraîner des inégalités même dans des couples qui se répartissent les tâches.
COMMENTARY: Schools keep calling moms, reinforcing old assumptions, roles
The start of the school year brings a familiar list of responsibilities for parents: buying school supplies, keeping track of forms, coordinating transportation and responding to a steady stream of emails from teachers and administrators. Although many families strive to share these responsibilities, research has consistently found that mothers tend to shoulder a larger share of the work tied to their kids' schooling.
Schools keep calling moms, reinforcing old assumptions and roles
The start of the school year brings a familiar list of responsibilities for parents: buying school supplies, keeping track of forms, coordinating transportation and responding to a steady stream of emails from teachers and administrators. Although many families strive to share these responsibilities, research has consistently found that mothers tend to shoulder a larger share of the work tied to their kids’ schooling.
Commentary: Schools keep calling moms, reinforcing old assumptions and roles
Mai Le, left, talks to her son, Kenny, outside his classroom on the first day of school at Betsy Ross Elementary School in Anaheim, Calif., on Thursday. AP Photo The start of the school year brings a familiar list of responsibilities for parents: buying school supplies, keeping track of forms, coordinating transportation and responding to a steady stream of emails from teachers and administrators.
Better call mom: Schools see mothers as the default parent to contact
Laura K. Gee, Kristy Buzard and Olga Stoddard The Conversation Aug. 10, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ET A recent study found that schools are more likely to contact mothers than fathers regarding their children. Even when fathers were presented as more available, many schools still defaulted to calling mothers first. This pattern can reinforce the unequal division of childcare responsibilities and the "mental load" on mothers.
Commentary: Schools keep calling moms, reinforcing old assumptions and roles
The start of the school year brings a familiar list of responsibilities for parents: buying school supplies, keeping track of forms, coordinating transportation and responding to a steady stream of emails from teachers and administrators. Although many families strive to share these responsibilities , research has consistently found that mothers tend to shoulder a larger share of the work tied to their kids' schooling.
Schools keep calling moms, reinforcing old assumptions and roles
The start of the school year brings a familiar list of responsibilities for parents: buying school supplies, keeping track of forms, coordinating transportation and responding to a steady stream of emails from teachers and administrators. Although many families strive to share these responsibilities, research has consistently found that mothers tend to shoulder a larger share of the work tied to their kids' schooling.
Better call mom: Schools still see mothers as the default parent to contact
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The start of the school year brings a familiar list of responsibilities for parents: buying school supplies, keeping track of forms, coordinating transportation and responding to a steady stream of emails from teachers and administrators. Although many families strive to share these responsibilities, research has consistently found that mothers tend to shoulder a larger share of the work tied to their kids' schooling.
Better call mom: Schools still see mothers as the default parent to contact Original
The start of the school year brings a familiar list of responsibilities for parents: buying school supplies, keeping track of forms, coordinating transportation and responding to a steady stream of emails from teachers and administrators. Although many families strive to share these responsibilities, research has consistently found that mothers tend to shoulder a larger share of the work tied to their kids’ schooling.
Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement
We thank Owen Benner, Katelyn Cranney, Alyse Erekson, Mason Fields, Katherine Jolley, Boston Kelley, Paris Rich, and Kiersten Robertson for their excellent research assistance.
Charitable Giving in the United States
Episode Details In 2021, Americans donated nearly $500 billion to charity. One-quarter of all Americans also report volunteering their time. What does economic analysis add to our understanding of volunteering time and giving money to charities, activities typically considered moral or religious duties? To what causes do people donate time or money? And what makes people more or less likely to give to a particular organization? Laura Gee joins EconoFact Chats to discuss these issues.
Black-Owned Ecommerce Brands We Love
Since 1926, each Black History Month has had a dedicated theme. This year? Health & Wellness is the focus, so we took it as an opportunity to celebrate the plethora of Black-owned ecommerce brands making strides in this arena. Whether you want to try out a new self-care routine, sip on superfoods, or detox your home, these black-owned ecommerce brands deliver the goods. Ecommmerce is a thriving space for Black-owned businesses, and this shortlist is only just a peek into the many that we love.
Salary history and employer demand
Salary history bans are increasingly popular in the US. Using a field experiment to investigate how salary history disclosures impact employer demand, this column finds that disclosing a high salary is often a signal of quality and yields higher salary offers. However, higher salaries can also make candidates too expensive to justify a callback.
Salary History and Employer Demand: Evidence from a Two-Sided Audit
The authors thank David Abrams, Kyle Coombs, Gordon Dahl, Katie Donovan, Peter Kuhn, Joanna Lahey, Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Bobby Pakzad-Hurson, Patryk Perkowski, Lamar Pierce, David Reiley, Jonah Rockoff, Nina Roussille, Chris Stanton, Olga Stoddard, Olga Shurchov and Laurina Zhang and participants at the MEER Conference, the Advances in Field Experiments Conference, the American Economic Association Annual Meeting, the Innovation and Institutions Conference, the Economic Science Association...
Letter: Utah is not ready to reopen its schools
The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah is increasing and so too is the number of Gov. Gary Herbert’s empty claims and assurances about the virus.
Letter: Protective order bill deserves a hearing
According to a recent poll, 68 percent of Utahns support extreme risk protective orders (ERPOs) that would allow family members and police to ask a judge to temporarily remove firearms from someone who has threatened suicide or who poses an immediate threat to others. Yet zero legislators have formally debated an ERPO bill — House Bill 209 — introduced by Rep. Steve Handy, and zero Utahns have testified for or against the bill because it is languishing in the House Rules Committee.
How To Get The Biggest Bang Out Of Matching Funds
How many times have you tuned into your local NPR station and instead of the regularly scheduled program you’ve heard “If we get 20 donations by the end of this hour, a generous donor will give us $500 in matching funds”? How much of your mail and email, especially in December, bears messages like “If you give today, a generous donor will match your donation dollar-for-dollar”?
How to get the biggest bang out of matching funds
How many times have you tuned into your local NPR station and instead of the regularly scheduled program you’ve heard “If we get 20 donations by the end of this hour, a generous donor will give us $500 in matching funds”? How much of your mail and email, especially in December, bears messages like “If you give today, a generous donor will match your donation dollar-for-dollar”?
How to get the biggest bang out of matching funds
How many times have you tuned into your local NPR station and instead of the regularly scheduled program you’ve heard “If we get 20 donations by the end of this hour, a generous donor will give us $500 in matching funds”?How much of your mail and email, especially in December, bears messages like “If you give today, a generous donor will match your donation dollar-for-dollar”?I am an economist who studies nonprofit fundraising, and these pitches made me want to find out whether matching...
How to get the biggest bang out of matching funds
Since 2012, thousands of charities have urged Americans to express their holiday-season generosity by opening their wallets on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving for good causes. Nonprofits often try to make the most of this occasion, known as Giving Tuesday, through email and social media with messages like “If you give today, a generous donor will match your donation dollar-for-dollar.” I’m an economist who studies nonprofit fundraising.
How to get the biggest bang out of matching funds
(THE CONVERSATION) How many times have you tuned into your local NPR station and instead of the regularly scheduled program you’ve heard “If we get 20 donations by the end of this hour, a generous donor will give us $500 in matching funds”? How much of your mail and email, especially in December, bears messages like “If you give today, a generous donor will match your donation dollar-for-dollar”?
How to get the biggest bang out of matching funds
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) How many times have you tuned into your local NPR station and instead of the regularly scheduled program you’ve heard “If we get 20 donations by the end of this hour, a generous donor will give us $500 in matching funds”?
How to get the biggest bang out of matching funds
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) How many times have you tuned into your local NPR station and instead of the regularly scheduled program you’ve heard “If we get 20 donations by the end of this hour, a generous donor will give us $500 in matching funds”?
An economic professor's research explains which Facebook friends are the mostly likely to help you find a job
More than half of jobs are found with the help of a social tie, whether a friend, relative or distant acquaintance. For example, a friend may tell you about a job opening at her firm or a parent may offer you an internship at his company. For the eight million people in the U.S. who were searching for work in April, knowing which types of social ties are most likely to be helpful is useful information. Who is more likely to help you land a job?
Which Facebook 'Friends' Can Help You Get Job?
More than half of jobs are found with the help of a social tie, whether a friend, relative or distant acquaintance. For example, a friend may tell you about a job opening at her firm or a parent may offer you an internship at his company. For the eight million people in the U.S. who were searching for work in April, knowing which types of social ties are most likely to be helpful is useful information. Who is more likely to help you land a job?
Which Facebook Friends Can Help You Land a Job?
More than half of jobs are found with the help of a social tie, whether a friend, relative or distant acquaintance. For example, a friend may tell you about a job opening at her firm or a parent may offer you an internship at his company. For the eight million people in the U.S. who were searching for work in April, knowing which types of social ties are most likely to be helpful is useful information. Who is more likely to help you land a job?
Which Facebook Friends Can Help You Land a Job?
More than half of jobs are found with the help of a social tie, whether a friend, relative or distant acquaintance. For example, a friend may tell you about a job opening at her firm or a parent may offer you an internship at his company. For the eight million people in the U.S. who were searching for work in April, knowing which types of social ties are most likely to be helpful is useful information. Who is more likely to help you land a job?
Which Social MediaFriends Can Help You Land A Job?
More than half of jobs are found with the help of a social tie, whether a friend, relative or distant acquaintance. For example, a friend may tell you about a job opening at her firm or a parent may offer you an internship at his company. For the eight million people in the U.S. who were searching for work in April, knowing which types of social ties are most likely to be helpful is useful information. Who is more likely to help you land a job?
An economic professor's research explains which Facebook friends are the mostly likely to help you find a job
More than half of jobs are found with the help of a social tie, whether a friend, relative or distant acquaintance. For example, a friend may tell you about a job opening at her firm or a parent may offer you an internship at his company. For the eight million people in the U.S. who were searching for work in April, knowing which types of social ties are most likely to be helpful is useful information. Who is more likely to help you land a job?
Castilla, Hejduk & Simpson to Headline Class of 2016
COLORADO SPORTS HALL OF FAME TO INDUCT SIX DENVER, COLO. - Led by professional standouts Vinny Castilla, Milan Hejduk and Ralph Simpson, the selection Committee of the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame voted six individuals to be inducted at the 52nd annual banquet April 19, 2016 at the Denver Marriott City Center.
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