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Download full textDomanico, Ray – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2023
In New York State, private and religious schools are required to offer a curriculum "substantially equivalent" to what is available in local public schools. Substantial equivalency--which has been law for nearly 130 years--allows parents to direct the education of their children by enrolling them in the school of their choice, while also…
Descriptors: Judaism, Religious Schools, Legal Problems, Beliefs
Direct linkLong, Mark C.; Conger, Dylan – American Journal of Education, 2013
This article documents evidence of nonrandom gender sorting across K-12 schools in the United States. The sorting exists among coed schools and at all grade levels, and it is highest in the secondary school grades. We observe some gender sorting across school sectors and types: for instance, males are slightly underrepresented in private schools…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Enrollment Trends, Public Schools, Charter Schools
Meyer, Peter – Education Next, 2008
While there are no reliable counts of single-gender schools in the first half of the 20th century, best estimates are that most were schools for white boys. Many of the girls' schools that did exist early on served as "finishing" schools rather than preparation for college. In the 1960s and 1970s, the civil rights and feminist movements…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods, Single Sex Schools, Civil Rights
Peer reviewedLee, Valerie E.; Marks, Helen M. – Sociology of Education, 1992
Discusses a study of why 3,183 secondary school students and their families chose either single-sex or coeducational independent schools. Considers the personal, demographic, and educational characteristics of the students and their families and the students' gender. Reports that family traditions for private schooling and religious orientation…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Coeducation, Family Characteristics, Private Schools
Bank, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
In this two volume set, educators explore the intersection of gender and education. Their entries deal with educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but also with variations in the gendering of education across historical and cultural contexts. The various contributors discuss gender as a social construction.…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Sororities, Sex Fairness, School Choice
Salomone, Rosemary C. – 2003
This book presents an argument for supporting single-sex education. It examines the history and politics of gender and schooling; philosophical and psychological theories of sameness and differences; findings on educational achievement and performance; research evidence on single-sex schooling; and the legal questions that arise from single-sex…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
