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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797977403321

Autore

Williams Juliet A.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2016

ISBN

0-520-96378-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages)

Disciplina

371.822

Soggetti

Sex discrimination in education - United States

Sex differences in education - United States

Educational equalization - United States

Single-sex classes (Education) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.