Debating Single-Sex Education: Separate and Equal?

Frances R Spielhagen (Editor)

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Educators agree that boys and girls learn differently, but do they learn better in single-sex classes? Single-sex education has become a 'hot topic' among educators striving to address achievement declines, especially in the middle school years. Since the United States Department of Education confirmed the legality of single-sex classes in public schools in 2006, the number of single-sex classes and schools has increased dramatically and the options continue to grow in popularity. Debating Single-Sex Education offers a timely and detailed summary of the issues surrounding single-sex education. Eight veteran educators provide research-based findings on single-sex classes in the United States and Africa. This book presents a brief historical summary of single-sex classes in the United States. Other features include recent qualitative case studies, interviews with students, and statistical evidence of the effects of single-sex classes on student achievement. The final chapter synthesizes the common findings among these studies and the implications for practice in schools.
  • ISBN10 157886738X
  • ISBN13 9781578867387
  • Publish Date 28 December 2007
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Education
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 144
  • Language English