Synopses & Reviews
andlt;Iandgt;Failing at Fairness,andlt;/Iandgt; 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. andlt;BRandgt; andlt;ULandgt; andlt;LIandgt;Girls' learning problems are not identified as often as boys' are andlt;BRandgt; andlt;LIandgt;Boys receive more of their teachers' attention andlt;BRandgt; andlt;LIandgt;Girls start school testing higher in every academic subject, yet graduate from high school scoring 50 points lower than boys on the SAT andlt;/ULandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Hard-hitting and eye-opening, andlt;Iandgt;Failing at Fairnessandlt;/Iandgt; should be read by every parent, especially those with daughters.
Review
Patricia Ireland andlt;/Iandgt;President, National Organization for Women Provides hard evidence of the discrimination women face from the first day of school.
Review
Garin Rubenstein andlt;Iandgt;The New York Timesandlt;/Iandgt; Required reading for anyone interested in sex bias.
Review
Naomi Wolf andlt;/Iandgt;Author of andlt;Iandgt;The Beauty Mythandlt;/Iandgt; 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.
Synopsis
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 Sadkerandlt;/Bandgt; and andlt;Bandgt;Dr. David Sadker,andlt;/Bandgt; 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
andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Prefaceandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Acknowledgmentsandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1 Hidden Lessonsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2 Through the Back Door: The History of Women's Educationandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3 Missing in Interactionandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4 The Self-Esteem Slideandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;5 High School: In Search of Herselfandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;6 Test Diveandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;7 Higher Education: Colder by Degreesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;8 The Miseducation of Boysandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;9 Different Voices, Different Schoolsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;10 The Edge of Changeandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Notesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Recommended Readingandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Indexandlt;/Iandgt;