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Zittleman, Karen – Online Submission, 2006
The first-person accounts of over 400 middle school students from five diverse schools suggest that three decades of gender equity efforts have fallen far short of their goals. Contrary to the backlash argument that girls are now the advantaged sex, or the perceptions of many adults that both girls and boys are treated fairly in school today,…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Females, Sex Fairness, Middle School Students
Romero, Patricia L. – 1979
Field testing of learning materials developed by the Counselors Expanding Career Options (CECO) Project, specifically The Whole Person Book, was conducted during the 1977-1978 school year in 72 secondary schools in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Colorado. The field test design established three comparison groups of secondary counselors and teachers.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Instructional Materials
Council on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul, Minn. – 1979
This report examines the educational status of Minnesota women in all public institutions, with emphasis on the effect of education on women's economic status. It addresses both the amount and kind of education women receive and to what extent educational systems are adapting to the changing needs of women. The book is divided into discussions of…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Educational Status Comparison, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of the Director for Vocational Education. – 1984
The Equal Goals in Occupations (EGO) project is a program of training in sex equity issues and skills for vocational education personnel in Hawaii's 39 public secondary schools, delivered over a five-year period (l978-l982). To evaluate the project, data were gathered from current and former EGO project participants and vocational enrollment…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Females
Morris, J. David; Wood, Linda B. – 1980
This report examines the status of women and the laws that have been enacted to protect women from discrimination in employment. Written in lay language, it examines employment and occupational statistics for women in the United States and in Kentucky. Following an introduction in Chapter 1, the report presents four chapters surveying the problem,…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Civil Rights Legislation, Employed Women
Goggans, E. Patricia; Lawrence, Dorothy – 1980
This document is one of three publications designed to establish guidelines for the elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping and the establishment of sex fairness in vocational education programs in Colorado. Intended as a general reference, it provides background information about the problem and supplies a rationale for the institution of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Definitions, Employed Women