
The State We're In: MA Education Commissioner, Working Moms
Season 8 Episode 70 | 29m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
MA Education Commissioner Carlos Santiago; Joya Misra on the Motherhood Penalty
Massachusetts Education Commissioner Dr. Carlos Santiago discusses the abrupt closing of Mount Ida College and the subsequent sale of college to UMass Amherst, and other pressing education issues in the Commonwealth. UMass School of Public Policy & Sociology Prof. Joya Misra sheds light on her research about the "motherhood penalty," a wage gap between women with kids and women without kids.
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The State We're In: MA Education Commissioner, Working Moms
Season 8 Episode 70 | 29m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Massachusetts Education Commissioner Dr. Carlos Santiago discusses the abrupt closing of Mount Ida College and the subsequent sale of college to UMass Amherst, and other pressing education issues in the Commonwealth. UMass School of Public Policy & Sociology Prof. Joya Misra sheds light on her research about the "motherhood penalty," a wage gap between women with kids and women without kids.
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