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Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (June 30, 2003) - Promoting the benefits of girls' schools comes naturally to St. Margaret's Head of School Margaret R. Broad, who has dedicated more than 20 years of her life to educating young women. As the new president of the National Coalition of Girls' Schools, she now is taking her message to national and international audiences. 
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St. Margaret's Head of School Margaret R. Broad is now the president of the National Coalition of Girls Schools, an organization that represents 100 institutions and more than 40,000 students nationwide. Left to right: NCGS Co-Executive Director Meg Milne Moulton, Broad, immediate Past President M. Burch Ford of Miss Porter's School, and NCGS Co-Executive Director Whitney Ransome.
"Research shows, time and again, that girls' schools do an outstanding job of preparing young women for both college and later life," Broad said. "Girls' school graduates, for example, are far more likely to pursue careers in math, science and technology than are graduates of co-ed institutions: 13 percent of girls' school graduates versus 2 percent of females and 10 percent of males nationally." The next educational frontier is financial literacy, Broad said. More than 90 percent of American women will manage their family's finances at some point in their lives, yet most families talk with their daughters about drinking, drugs or sex more often than they talk about money. As a result, the NCGS is launching a financial literacy initiative this fall that features workshops across the country led by expert Joline Godfrey (founder of the consulting firm Independent Means, author of several money management books for young people and Cosmo Girl's "Dollar Diva" columnist). Broad was elected NCGS president at the organization's annual conference in Charleston this June after serving three years as vice-president and board member. Founded in 1991, the NCGS represents more than 100 member schools and 40,000 students in the United States, with affiliates in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It conducts research on educational outcomes; sponsors conferences and publishes resources for teachers, parents and students; and partners to advance girls' education with such organizations as the American Association of University Women and the Women's Sports Foundation. For more information, visit NCGS on the web at www.ncgs.org |
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