Learning like a girl : educating our daughters in schools of their own / Diana Meehan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meehan, Diana M., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girls' schools--United States.

Girls' schools.

Girls--Education--United States.

Girls.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An inspirational educator's account of why and how she founded an innovative girls' school is a provocative, persuasive brief on behalf of single sex education

Contents:

Contents; Note from a Dad; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE; 1 The Girl Pause; 2 The Odyssey; 3 In Their Footsteps; 4 Bad Fairy at the Christening; 5 Headstrong Puppets; 6 At the Board Meeting; 7 Shortbread Cookies; 8 The Wholeness of It; 9 Elite and Connected; 10 Bump, Set, Spike; 11 One Star, Two Heads; PART TWO; 12 Slings and Arrows; 13 Into the Breach; 14 This Shining Adventure; 15 Nefarious Activities; 16 Comedy Saves; 17 The Moon in a Silver Bag; 18 The Abyss; 19 To Seek My Fortune; 20 Signs of the Times; 21 Science, Math, and Joy; 22 Where the Boys Are; Afterword

Appendix A School in a (down-filled) BoxAppendix B Mothers of Invention; Appendix C Every Which Way but Here; Appendix D Who Was Who (in Order of Appearance); Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-09538-6

9786613095381

1-58648-590-3

OCLC:

297647657