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Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 2002
Describes renewed debate on the educational benefits of single-sex schools prompted by proposed changes in Title IX to make it easier to establish single-sex schools. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, School Segregation, Single Sex Schools
Peer reviewedMonaco, Nanci M.; Gaier, Eugene L. – Adolescence, 1992
Suggests that, if high school environment reduces discrepancy between conflicting roles, adolescent females may place greater emphasis on achievement. Within this context, explores differential benefits of single-sex and coeducational schooling. Issue explored is not whether one is preferable for females; rather, the concern is how each of these…
Descriptors: Achievement, Coeducation, Females, High School Students
Peer reviewedHawley, Richard A. – Teachers College Record, 1991
Defends the value of boys' schools, noting lack of objective data to support a negative appraisal of them. There is an inherent maleness that cannot be alienated from boys and men without a fundamental loss of their humanity. Schools must take the responsibility for conveying how to become a man. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Feminism, Males, Private Schools
