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Mothers who earned straight A's in high school manage the same number of employees as fathers who got failing grades

  • Written by Jill Yavorsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Mothers who earned straight A's in high school manage the same number of employees as fathers who got failing gradesLeadership opportunities for even the most academically successful girls are few. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

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Mothers who showed the most academic promise in high school have the same leadership opportunities as fathers who performed the worst, according to our...

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