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| Dr. Myra Sadker was professor of Education and Dean of the School of Education at The American University (Washington, DC) until 1995. Dr. Sadker wrote the first book on gender bias in America's schools in 1973, and became a leading advocate for equal educational opportunities. She died while undergoing treatment for breast cancer in 1995. In her name, Myra Sadker Advocates was established to continue her efforts and create more equitable and effective schools. You are invited to learn more about Myra's contributions and the work of Myra Sadker Advocates by visiting the Web site established in her name: http://www.sadker.org. |  |
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Dr. David Sadker is a professor at The American University and has taught at the elementary, middle school and high school levels. Conducting teacher preparation programs both in the United States and overseas, David Sadker has been a teacher educator for three decades. David Sadker and his late wife gained a national reputation for their work in confronting gender bias and sexual harassment. He has directed more than a dozen federal education grants, authored five books and more than seventy-five articles in journals such as Phi Delta Kappan, Harvard Educational Review, and Psychology Today. His research and writing document sex bias from classroom to boardroom. He has published and trained in areas ranging from bias in professional communications to sexual harassment, from effective strategies in management to effective strategies in the classroom. |
| Together with his late wife Myra, David Sadker's work has been reported in hundreds of newspapers and magazines including USA Today, USA Weekend, Parade Magazine, Business Week, The Washington Post, The London Times, The New York Times, Time and Newsweek. They appeared on local and national television and radio shows such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Phil Donahue's The Human Animal, National Public Radio's All Things Considered and twice on Dateline: NBC with Jane Pauley. David Sadker received the American Educational Research Association's award for the best review of research published in the United States in 1991, their professional service award in 1995, and the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from The American Association of University Women in 1995. The Sadkers' book, Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls was published by Touchstone Press in 1995. | |
