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Brown, Frank; Russo, Charles J. – Education and Urban Society, 1999
Discusses the history of single-sex schools and analyzes the legal status of these schools, reviewing constitutional dimensions of gender-based discrimination and the leading cases that have been litigated on these issues. Offers reflections on why single-sex schools are not likely to hold a major place in the future of urban U.S. public schools.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational History, Futures (of Society), Legal Problems
Brown, Frank; Russo, Charles J. – School Business Affairs, 1999
Reviews single-sex schools' history and legal status. Explores constitutional dimensions of gender-based discrimination delineated in five leading cases (in Philadelphia, New York City, Detroit, Mississippi, and Virginia). Due to claims of Equal Protection Clause and/or Title IX violations, such schools are unlikely to proliferate. (20 references)…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education