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Separation Solution?: Single-Sex Education and the New Politics of Gender Equality
Since the 1990s, 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.
254 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2016
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August 14, 2019
This book won me over. I wasn't sure at first.
I am an Australian reader and so not everything in it was relevant to my context, but it was an interesting look at the US context and Williams put enough history (very briefly) into it to help me navigate what was what. We get echoes of people like Leonard Sax (alas) over here so it was good to see a more thorough critique. I also found the intersectional approach useful, not only because she cited Crenshaw (a definite plus) but because she unmasked the way black boys are used against black girls but the agenda is not really (seemingly) one of fixing racism.
I am too tired to write a better review but this book was good. I am wondering whether to recommend this to some of my students who bail me up to talk about gender. Probably not because of the US context...but I am glad I read it.
I am an Australian reader and so not everything in it was relevant to my context, but it was an interesting look at the US context and Williams put enough history (very briefly) into it to help me navigate what was what. We get echoes of people like Leonard Sax (alas) over here so it was good to see a more thorough critique. I also found the intersectional approach useful, not only because she cited Crenshaw (a definite plus) but because she unmasked the way black boys are used against black girls but the agenda is not really (seemingly) one of fixing racism.
I am too tired to write a better review but this book was good. I am wondering whether to recommend this to some of my students who bail me up to talk about gender. Probably not because of the US context...but I am glad I read it.
November 28, 2017
Engaging review of single-sex education policies in the US and their interplay with the public's dynamic understanding of gender. Solid critique using meta-analyses of gender differences and consideration of intersectionality.
May 20, 2018
Interesting to consider the history and research that does and does not support single- sex education.
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