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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822247703321

Autore

Riordan Cornelius H. <1940->

Titolo

Single-sex schools : a place to learn / / Cornelius Riordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4758-1365-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (83 p.)

Disciplina

371.821

Soggetti

Single-sex schools - United States

Sex differences in 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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Educational Politics and Educational Policy; 2 Some Simple Assumptions; 3 What Are School Effects and How Do We Measure Them?; 4 What Do We Know about Single-Sex School Effects?; 5 The Effects of Single-Sex Schools Are Larger for At-Risk Students; 6 What Do We Know about Public Single-Sex Schools?; 7 Why Are Single-Sex Schools More Effective Than Coeducational Schools?; 8 Groups and Organizations Matter; References