Shortchanging Girls and Boys

The principal author of the 1992 study "How Schools Shortchange Girls" argues that too many proposed remedies are simplistic formulations based on the assumption that gender equity is "for girls only." Opportunities will widen for all students if educators acknowledge schooling&#...

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Published in:Educational Leadership 1996-05, Vol.53 (8), p.75-79
Main Author: Bailey, Susan McGee
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Athletics
Beginning Teachers
Classroom Communication
Coeducation
Demographic aspects
Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Early Adolescents
Education
Educational Experience
Educational Inequality
Educational Opportunities
Elementary schools
Elementary Secondary Education
Equal Education
Equity
Females
Gender Discrimination
Gender Issues
Grade 6
Males
Misconceptions
Pregnancy
Primary Education
Public Schools
Resistance to Change
Same Sex Placement
Schools
Secondary Education
Secondary schools
Sex
Sex Discrimination
Sex Education
Sex Fairness
Sex Stereotypes
Sexes
Social aspects
Social Class
Social Development
Teaching Methods
Womens Education
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Summary:The principal author of the 1992 study "How Schools Shortchange Girls" argues that too many proposed remedies are simplistic formulations based on the assumption that gender equity is "for girls only." Opportunities will widen for all students if educators acknowledge schooling's gender bias, review their own practices, and learn from all-girl environments. (MLH)
ISSN:0013-1784
1943-5878