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Failing at Fairness: How America's Schools Cheat Girls

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Failing at Fairness, the result of two decades of research, shows how gender bias makes it impossible for girls to receive an education equal to that given to boys.

  • Girls' learning problems are not identified as often as boys' are

  • Boys receive more of their teachers' attention

  • Girls start school testing higher in every academic subject, yet graduate from high school scoring 50 points lower than boys on the SAT

Hard-hitting and eye-opening, Failing at Fairness should be read by every parent, especially those with daughters.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-336) and index.

About the Author

Dr. Myra Sadker and Dr. David Sadker, professors at The American University (Washington, D.C.), have been involved in training programs to combat sexism and sexual harassment in over forty states and overseas. Their ground-breaking research has sparked a national response to sexism in schools, including the recent report from the American Association of University Women, "How Schools Shortchange Girls."

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Hidden Lessons

2 Through the Back Door: The History of Women's Education

3 Missing in Interaction

4 The Self-Esteem Slide

5 High School: In Search of Herself

6 Test Dive

7 Higher Education: Colder by Degrees

8 The Miseducation of Boys

9 Different Voices, Different Schools

10 The Edge of Change

Notes

Recommended Reading

Index

Product Details

ISBN:
9780684800738
Subtitle:
How America's Schools Cheat Girls
With:
Sadker, David
Author:
Sadker, Myra
Author:
Sadker, David
Publisher:
Scribner
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
Education
Subject:
Discrimination & Racism
Subject:
Sex discrimination in education
Subject:
Women -- Education -- United States.
Subject:
General education.
Subject:
Sexism in education.
Subject:
General Education
Subject:
Education-General
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Touchstone ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
104-200
Publication Date:
19950301
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
9.25 x 6.12 in 14.385 oz

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