Editing Phillips Academy (section)

==Controversies==
In 2013, Phillips Academy drew national attention for apparent bias against girls and women, as highlighted by a low number of girls in student leadership.<ref>{{cite news |author=Katherine Q. Seelye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/education/phillips-andover-girls-leadership-debated.html |title=School Vote Stirs Debate on Girls as Leaders|work=The New York Times |date=April 11, 2013 |access-date=December 6, 2020}}</ref>

Reports in 2016 and 2017 identified several former teachers who had engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with students in the past. The academy hired an independent law firm to investigate allegations of misconduct, and the head of school, [[John Palfrey]], and the head of the Board of Trustees, [[Peter Currie (businessman)|Peter Currie]], sent an email to the Andover community stating that such transgressions must not recur.<ref>{{cite news |author=Elizabeth A. Harris |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/nyregion/second-phillips-andover-sex-abuse-report-includes-teacher-named-by-choate.html |title=Second Phillips Andover Sex Abuse Report Includes Teacher Named by Choate|work=The New York Times |date=July 31, 2017 |access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref>

In 2020, an [[Instagram]] account, @blackatandover, began circulating stories from anonymous current and former Black-identifying students, many of whom detailed personal experiences with [[racism]] at Phillips Academy. Several individuals raised concerns about Phillips Academy's disciplinary system, including perceived [[Racial disparities in education|racial disparities]] in outcomes, a perceived emphasis on punishment over [[restorative justice]], and an apparent lack of [[due process]] in discipline procedure outlined by the student handbook. The @blackatandover account was reported on by ''[[The New York Times]]'', prompting academy officials to form an "Anti-Racism Task Force", which released a final report in March 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Lorenz |first1=Taylor |last2=Rosman |first2=Katherine |date=2020-06-16 |title=High School Students and Alumni Are Using Social Media to Expose Racism |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/style/blm-accounts-social-media-high-school.html |access-date=2022-05-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Launching Andover's Anti-Racism Task Force |url=https://www.andover.edu/news/2020/launching-aatf |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Andover {{!}} An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |url=https://www.andover.edu/dei |accessdate=2022-05-23 |website=Andover  |language=en-US}}</ref>