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Single-Sex Schools

A Place to Learn
  • ISBN-13: 9781475813647
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By Cornelius Riordan
  • Price: AUD $65.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 13/09/2015
  • Format: Paperback 82 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Education [JN]
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Single sex schooling might appear to be an obscure issue on the sidelines of the educational policy debates of our times. But it is far from this. In fact, a sizable number of people and political organizations would like to make these schools obscure, but somehow they are "scaling up" rather than down. In 1996, there were only two public single sex schools operating in America. By 2015 there are now at least 100 public single sex schools, despite opposition from the outset. These schools are primarily serving poor, urban, black and Latino, at risk children. This book takes up the challenge of studying the effectiveness of single sex schools. Riordan frees the discussion of its ideological and political baggage and brings a degree of theoretical and empirical balance to the debate. The book provides a sociological foundation for considering single sex schools. The basic argument is that the larger school context of all girls or all boys serves as the driving factor for producing favorable outcomes in single sex schools.
Chapter 1 Educational Politics and Educational Policy Chapter 2 Some Simple Assumptions Chapter 3 What Are School Effects and How Do We Measure Them? Chapter 4 What Do We Know About Single Sex School Effects? Chapter 5 Single Sex School Effects are Larger for Disadvantaged Students Chapter 6 What Do We Know About Public Single Sex Schools? Chapter 7 Why are Single-Sex Schools More Effective than Coeducational Schools? Chapter 8 Groups and Organizations Matter
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