An Open Letter from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten on Women’s History Month

It is Women’s Background Thirty day period, and this year’s nationwide theme—Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories—honors females of all ages and backgrounds who form and share the tale of The united states, whilst increasing our understanding of the human condition and strengthening our connections with each other and our environment.   

Around generations and now, each day, females are eliminating limitations and paving the way for a additional just and equitable long term, regardless of whether they provide in classrooms or communities, lead their possess organizations or board rooms, make new discoveries in laboratories, or function in any field of endeavor.   

Women’s Background Month—and Global Women’s Working day—give us a specific prospect to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions and achievements of the trailblazing females who have devoted their life to creating the entire world a improved spot.   

Our nation’s educator workforce is made up of a majority of women—about a few-quarters of our nation’s instructors. Especially more than the previous couple of decades and as our universities and learners keep on to get better from the pandemic, our academics have shaped a effective narrative … that education is central to the overall health, wellbeing, and academic growth of our youth and the prosperity of our communities and our state.  

At the Office, we imagine in the electricity of the voices of instructors setting up an outstanding and numerous educator workforce increasing alternatives for teacher management and endorsing far better educator pay, performing problems, qualified development, and retention approaches.   

Ladies engage in a central role in the do the job of the U.S. Office of Education, as well.   

More than 60 p.c of the Department’s workforce is comprised of gals, who inspire both of those of us day-to-day with their commitment to boosting the bar on what it signifies to be a general public servant, putting on a lot of hats at operate, at home, and in their communities, and in no way wavering in their support to attaining our vital mission of growing academic excellence and fairness for all.  

And even though women proceed to shape the tale of this nation, we simply cannot fail to remember that there is even now much do the job to be done to achieve complete gender equality. We’re heartened by the development we’ve produced as a place and when we picture the transformative modify that the following generation—the students at this time in our classrooms—will guide!    

Jointly, let us all be part of in celebrating Women’s History Thirty day period and Global Women’s Day by honoring the good impacts of females in our possess life and the existence of our nation.    

Let us replicate on the ways that every of us can add to producing a more equitable and just world—whether that is by mentoring and empowering women and youthful girls, advocating for larger gender equality, or amplifying the voices of girls, each and every action has power.