This paper presents a list of resources on what states are doing on the topic of Black male dropouts. These resources are taken from the report abstracts or summaries. This paper is a response to a request asking for these resources. (Contains 5 footnotes.)

Discusses how Johns Hopkins University Press agreed to publish a dissertation on Bryn Mawr School, a top private academy for girls--until school officials complained. (EV)

The number of public schools offering single-sex instruction has risen from fewer than a dozen to 205 since 1997, with classrooms sprouting up in places such as Atlanta, New York, and Philadelphia, says Leonard Sax, a psychologist and physician who directs the National Association for Single Sex Public Education, in Maryland. The increase is…

Describes several academic and behavioral issues involving males in schools, such as males score lower in language arts on standardized tests than females and males dominate school discipline statistics. Suggests several strategies to address these issues: Offer more technology, use multiple literacy approaches, encourage mentoring relationships,…

The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights has proposed amending the regulations governing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972--which prohibits sex discrimination in programs that receive federal money--to allow more flexibility in offering single-sex schools or classes. This article discusses the rapid growth of…

Research shows that girls tend to lose interest in science and math as they move through the education pipeline--a retreat that often begins during middle school. Summer science camps can be part of reversing that trend, some say. Academic camps are on the rise across the country, including ones to get adolescent girls excited about the…

Discusses the move toward coeducation being made by some women's colleges. Economic pressures and decreasing enrollment motivate some schools to become coeducational; others have a new view of their missions in an era in which women have increasing numbers of role models outside the college environment. (SLD)

"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) Helping New Teachers Succeed: Louisiana…

In the context of boys' declining academic achievement in schools in relation to girls, this article highlights some critical issues arising from the debate on boys' education. The emphasis is on the contribution of feminist analysis and other perspectives to broaden and contextualize the debate. This includes, for example, the need to carefully…

In the face of mounting evidence that schools are losing alarming numbers of young black men, a small band of educators gathered recently in Brookline, Massachusetts, to bolster one response to the crisis: creating public schools designed to serve African-American males. Haunted by the specter of a bleak future for millions of young men--and aware…

This booklet focuses on educating girls and women. The main issues include gender gap and its persistence in education. The reasons for this persistence include poverty, distance of schools, non-availability of gender segregated schools, absence of female teachers, inflexible school timing, and irrelevant and gender-insensitive curriculum. It is…

This publication has been fully revamped and updated with new academic and scientific research. It contains: (1) twelve pages of reports and commentary from education researchers; (2) an expanded section on gender and the brain, citing the most recent studies; (3) new National Coalition of Girls' Schools alumnae survey findings integrated…

Describes how sex inequities found at the elementary and secondary levels resemble or differ from those at the post-secondary level. Identifies strategies to promote equity that can be used at each level. (PS)

Describes Deerfield Academy's recent process of changing from a single-sex to a coeducational school. Though some students and teachers resisted the change, most adapted well and enjoyed the new atmosphere. The school community believes that Deerfield should not settle for anything less than a full coeducational status. (SM)

Examined the hypothesis that adolescent girls attending single-sex schools would exhibit greater body dissatisfaction and disordered eating than their coeducational counterparts, reanalyzing data from relevant subscales of an eating disorder inventory (drive for thinness, bulimia, and body dissatisfaction) and a figure rating scale from an earlier…