[1] During her early career, she taught at high schools in Massachusetts and Thailand, and at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Virginia State College.
She and her husband David Sadker conducted research into gender bias in American classrooms, publishing six books on the subject including Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls.
[2] In the latter book, they claimed that schoolgirls suffered in terms of standardized testing scores and self-esteem as a result of teachers spending more time with male students and offering them more praise.
[3][4] They also found that girls who raise their hands in elementary school classes were less likely to be called upon than their male counterparts.
[2] In 1995, Myra Sadker received the American Association of University Women's Eleanor Roosevelt Award.