SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION
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- SUBTRACTING SEXISM FROM THE CLASSROOM: LAW AND POLICY IN THE DEBATE OVER ALL-FEMALE MATH AND SCIENCE CLASSES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Ramsey, Carolyn B. // Texas Journal of Women & the Law;Fall98, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p1
Talks about the debate over the legality of single-sex math and science classes in U.S. public schools, as of 1998. Theoretical perspectives on the debate; Experiments with all-female math and science classes which do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment;...
- Separate Worlds. White, Kerry A. // Education Week;11/25/98, Vol. 18 Issue 13, p20
Provides information on single-sex public education in California. Reason for creating the six single-sex academies in the state; Advantages and disadvantage of the system; Implications for education.
- Separate Schools for Boys and Girls? // Junior Scholastic;11/1/2002, Vol. 105 Issue 6, p5
Discusses the plans of the U.S. President, George W. Bush to separate the public schools of boys and girls. Number of single sex public schools in the U.S.; Reason for introducing separate schools for boys and girls; Description of the law which Bush wants to change; Questions and answers...
- Single-gender schools. // Futurist;May98, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p11
Discusses the separation of sexes in public schools. Single Gender Academy Pilot Program in California; Advantage of single-sex classrooms to girls and boys.
- Rhetorical Pathologies and Gender Difference: An Ideological Examination of Cultural Discourse in Faulkner v. The Citadel. Schriver, Kristina // Women's Studies in Communication;Spring2003, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p27
Intense controversy surrounded the admission of women to the last two state supported single-sex educational institutions, The Citadel and VMI. The debate at The Citadel, in particular, provided a cultural narrative about gender, difference, and diversity. After conducting interviews, collecting...
- More Public Schools Test Single-Sex Classrooms. // Curriculum Review;Jan2011, Vol. 50 Issue 5, p4
The article discusses the increasing numbers of public schools in the U.S. who are using single-sex classes in an effort to increase student academic achievement and decrease social distractions.
- MEMPHIS SCHOOL EXPERIMENTS WITH SINGLE-SEX CLASSES. // Institute of Public Affairs Review;Mar2001, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p26
Focuses on the single-sex classes offered at Campus School, a public school on the grounds of the University of Memphis in Tennessee. Benefits of the system; How the system operates.
- Some Schools Jump the Regulatory Gun, Offering Single-Sex Classes. Davis, Michelle R. // Education Week;9/4/2002, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p42
Reports that public schools in the U.S. are offering single-sex classes despite the regulation on such practices. Separation of students according to sex in Southern Leadership Academy situated in Jefferson county school district in Kentucky; Reasons for the separation; Emphasis on further...
- If girls can succeed only at the expense of boys, maybe we need segregated schools. Byfield, Link // Report / Newsmagazine (Alberta Edition);03/13/2000, Vol. 26 Issue 49, p4
Comments on gender comparisons in the national School Achievement Indicators Program, conducted by Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education. Concern that high school girls are advancing in the study of math and science at the expense of boys; Suggestion that there be...
