ABSTRACT
This book started by challenging two myths about schoolgirls: that they are not doing well at school and that their Futures will be dominated by an unpaid role as wife and mother. The third section contains a rebuttal of some parallel and equally pervasive myths about women teachers. Women teachers are as well qualified on entry to the profession as men and apply in equal numbers for secondment to take further qualifications. The supposition that the lower status of women in teaching can be ascribed to their domestic responsibilities appears to be a prejudice on the part of male decision makers. Women are penalized for having children, in contrast to men who receive promotion on the grounds that they have children to support.
