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- Ruling's effect on single-sex classes mulled. Walsh, Mark // Education Week;7/10/96, Vol. 15 Issue 40, p1
Examines the effect of the US Supreme Court's ruling regarding the constitutionality of the Virginia Military Institute's all-male enrollment policy on education in West Des Moines, Iowa and Irvington, New Jersey. Experimentation of local public schools with single-sex classrooms, academies and...
- Reconsidering single-gender schools: The V.M.I. case and beyond. Riordan, Cornelius // Education Week;2/23/94, Vol. 13 Issue 22, p48
Opinion. Evaluates the effectiveness of single-gender schools. American Association of University Women Educational Foundation's report; Widespread bias against female in coeducational schools; Cross-national study of four countries about single-gender schools; Refusal of Virginia Military...
- Single-sex public schools. // America;9/14/1996, Vol. 175 Issue 6, p3
Editorial. Comments on the United States Supreme Court's decision in the case against the all-male Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.). Impact of decision on single-sex schools in the US; Violation of Equal Protection Clause by not providing women with the same educational opportunities as...
- THE GENDER DILEMMA: SHOULD THERE BE MORE SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS? Holliday, Heather // Scholastic Scope;2/7/2003, Vol. 51 Issue 12, p22
Debates on single-sex schools in the United States. Increase in number of single-sex schools; Characteristics of students studying in single-sex schools.
- Why not separate them? Jenkinson, Michael // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;1/16/95, Vol. 22 Issue 5, p32
Reports that Edmonton accountant John Masson, according to Canadian Education Minister Halvar Jonson, wants to improve student marks, which is exactly what happens when girls are schooled separately from boys. What Jonson is proposing that charter schools not be allowed to do; What the school,...
- The case for public single-sex education. Caplice, Kristin S. // Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy;Fall94, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p227
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of single-sex education in the United States. Constitutional analysis of single-sex schools; Legitimacy; Intermediate scrutiny; Important state interest; Substantial relationship; Statutory analysis of Education Act Amendments of 1972; Equal Education...
- A class by themselves. Geraci, on; Swierczynski, Duane // Men's Health (10544836);Feb97, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p33
Highlights the questions from Michael Ruhlman's book `Boys Themselves: Return to Single-Sex Education.' Boy's as target of criticism; Effects of single sex education to classwork; How many Boy's schools there are; Boy's schools on jeopardy.
- Single-gender academies generate long waiting lists. // Thrust for Educational Leadership;Oct97, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p7
Reports on the use of a state program by California school districts to create single-sex academies. Amount of granted given to districts creating the schools; US Department of Education's establishment of rules governing such schools.
- Single-sex classrooms. Colman, Adrian // Youth Studies Australia;Summer1993, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p10
Reports that the New South Wales State Government has given in-principle support for single-sex schools and for single-sex classes within co-educational schools. Endorsement of a memorandum of understanding to improve education opportunities for girls.
