Ed-Tech Leader Gender Gaps Identified in New Study

Female technology leaders working for US school districts appear to earn less money than their male counterparts and face more limited access to the top positions in their field -- despite tending to be more experienced and equally, if not better, credentialed.

The results -- drawn from a relatively small survey administered by Consortium for School Networking -- do not offer a definitive verdict on the existence or scale of gender gaps in pay and professional opportunities in K-12 educational technology. They do, however, offer some quantitative validation of the concern increasingly being voiced by groups such as the International Leadership Network for Women in EdTech, formed in June 2014 in part to improve career opportunities and compensation for women in the public and private ed-tech sectors.