The Separation Solution? : Single-Sex Education and the New Politics of Gender Equality / Juliet A. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Juliet, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination in education--United States.

Sex discrimination in education.

Sex differences in education--United States.

Sex differences in education.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Single-sex classes (Education)--United States.

Single-sex classes (Education).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 1990's, there has been a resurgence of interest in single-sex education across the United States, and many public schools have created all-boys and all-girls classes for students in grades K through 12. The Separation Solution? provides an in-depth analysis of controversies sparked by recent efforts to separate boys and girls at school. Reviewing evidence from research studies, court cases, and hundreds of news media reports on local single-sex initiatives, Juliet Williams offers fresh insight into popular conceptions of the nature and significance of gender differences in education and beyond.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Rethinking Gender Equality

2. Single-Sex Education in Historical Perspective

3. "We've Got to Try Something": The Male Academy Initiatives

4. What about the Girls?

5. Single-Sex Education and the Popular Neuroscience of Sex Difference

6. Different but Equal?: Reflections on the Future of Gender Discourse

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520963788

0520963784

OCLC:

933560165