Separated by sex
Subtitle: a critical look at single-sex education for girls
By: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation ; [editor, Susan Morse].
Contributors: Morse, Susan.; American Association of University Women. Educational Foundation.
Publisher: The Foundation
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Girls' schools -- United States -- Congresses; Girls -- Education -- United States -- Congresses; Educational equalization -- United States -- Congresses
Description: Out of a conviction that separating students by sex somehow works better for at least some, scattered public schools in Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Illinois, and California have all experimented with the practice. In the wake of these experiments, public discussion has often focused more on legal and political concerns than educational results. Recognizing the need for further information, the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation here presents a comprehensive inquiry into the subject. The findings of the foremost scholars in the field illuminate the complex educational issues raised by the separation of students by sex. - Foreword.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Contains a summary of the discussion, a literature review, and papers submitted to a forum convened by the AAUW Educational Foundation on November 12, 1997.

CONTENTS:

Single-sex education in grades K-12 : what does the research tell us? / by Pamela Haag -- Is single-sex secondary schooling a solution to the problem of gender inequity? / by Valerie E. Lee -- Future of single-sex schools / by Cornelius Riordan -- What’s sex got to do with it? : simplistic questions, complex answers / by Patricia B. Campbell and Ellen Wahl -- Contexts of single-sex classes / by Diane S. Pollard.