Chelsea WarnerLena Peck, a middle-school teacher in a Maryland charter school, noticed early in her career that her male principal had stronger and more personal relationships with male teachers. Her male principal seems to address female teachers more directly regarding punctuality and dress code, while "male teachers don't seem to get talked to," she added. Male teachers in the aggregate do demonstrate a clear preference for working under male administrators. A 2018 study found that male teachers are "significantly more likely to leave a school when it is led by a female principal." White women make up the majority of public school teachers, about 60%.

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