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Failing at Fairness: How America's Schools Cheat Girls
by Myra Sadker

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This hard-hitting indictment of our education system, based on 20 years of research, provides shocking evidence of the gender bias that prevents girls from receiving the same education as boys. The Sadkers also show what parents, teachers, and students can do to reshape the system. Author lecture schedule.

Review:

Patricia IrelandPresident, National Organization for WomenProvides hard evidence of the discrimination women face from the first day of school.

Review:

Garin RubensteinThe New York TimesRequired reading for anyone interested in sex bias.

Review:

Naomi Wolf

Author of The Beauty Myth

We need many more books like this one, that draw into the foreground the fact that sexism in the schools is crippling America's leadership and productivity.

Description:

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

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780684800738
Subtitle:
How America's Schools Cheat Girls
With:
Sadker, David
Author:
Sadker, Myra
Author:
Sadker, David
Publisher:
Scribner Book Company
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
Copyright:
1994
Edition Number:
1st Touchstone ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
104-200
Publication Date:
March 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
9.24x6.12x.90 in. .92 lbs.
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