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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 445472" data-attributes="member: 33">The teaching profession is a good example of how unconscious bias in favour of men results in them being paid more. Data shows that male teachers are disproportionately more likely to be promoted to senior leadership and headteacher positions compared to female teachers even though women make up a greater percentage of the overall teaching workforce. Male teachers achieve their first leadership role a third faster than female teachers and proportionately, greater number of male teachers are promoted. In  secondary schools, women make up roughly 62% of the workforce in the UK but account for only 38% of secondary headships, meaning men are disproportionately given senior jobs despite being a minority in the staff overall.So if it's just about class and not gender, how would you explain this disparity in the teaching profession? (Spoiler alert: it is about gender).[URL unfurl="true"]https://schoolsweek.co.uk/men-get-promoted-more-quickly-and-4-other-findings-from-new-school-leadership-research/[/URL]</blockquote>