Girls who reject boy-girl social relations as the central concern of adolescence are best served by girls' schools where they can develop a complex sense of self including both risk taking and caring qualities. A study confirming that single sex schools promote girls' intellectual and leadership development is cited. (MJL)

This is the first book to link the issues of emotional literacy, equity and social justice, and the education of the whole child, thus providing the social and political context for emotional literacy. In connecting emotional literacy and equity with the structure of schooling, it establishes that co-educational schools can contribute to enabling…

The mathematics achievement and mathematics attitudes of eighth-grade female students attending independent coeducational middle schools were compared with those of students in independent all-girls middle schools. Participants were 467 8th-grade girls from 10 all girls middle schools, 208 girls from 10 independent coeducational middle schools,…

Considers the role of girls' schools in the United Kingdom education market and the positioning and "value" of girls by examining the workings of market forces in education. It reveals that current conditions of competition offer some advantages to girls but that these advantages have to be set against the continuing contradictions and…

Focuses on British notions of U.S. coeducation, generally, and U.S. women's colleges, specifically. Examines topics such as coeducation in the era of the School Inquiry Commission, coeducation in the era of the James Bryce Commission, and English views of U.S. women's colleges. (CMK)

This paper notes research findings indicating that girls are viewed by their teachers and themselves as having lower intellectual capacity for math and science than boys, points out that girls in girls' schools are more intellectually confident, but argues that segregation for science and math in mixed schools may carry negative messages.…

In Great Britain, education authorities are duty-bound to ensure that facilities, benefits, and services for education are provided without sex discrimination. Explains and examines the law, particularly in relation to recent judicial developments. (41 footnotes) (MLF)

Provides a brief history and description of the male academy program in Detroit, Michigan; reviews the nature of the legal arguments advanced in this case; and identifies lessons to be learned regarding the fundamental legal, political, and policy issues associated with the male academy movement. (68 references) (MLF)

Examined relationship between composition by sex (single-sex versus coeducational) of women's (n=274) high school and college environments and sex of their selected influential teachers and their self-efficacy in traditional or nontraditional careers. Found no main effects for composition by sex of institution, or sex of influential teachers, nor…

Focuses on prospectuses of former boys' schools that have only a small minority of girls, to examine the nature of "coeducation," particularly as it affects girls' educational and social opportunities. Paints a picture of boys' schools that happen to have girls in them rather than of genuinely coeducational institutions. (DSK)

Examines data on same-sex relations in girls' reform schools, noting the invisibility of gay and lesbian lives in most educational research. Discusses difficulties with terminology, institutional efforts to curb girls' relationships and sexual behavior, the girls' creation of an alternative family structure, love letters, and interracial…

Research shows that socioeconomic status matters more than gender in the classroom. American Association of University Women researchers found that small classes, small schools, nondiscriminatory teaching practices, and a focused academic curriculum enhance student achievement whether girls and boys are taught separately or together. A sidebar…

A survey of Year 12 Australian students in coed private (n=105), coed public (n=57), and all-female (n=78) schools revealed a relationship between gender-role identity and traditional/nontraditional career choices; occupations were more gender neutral, but blue- and pink-collar jobs remain stereotyped. Type of school did not influence girls'…

In this analysis, single-sex and mixed schools are compared in terms of pupils' television viewing habits, the latter factor being considered as an indicator of a pupil's sense of educational responsibilities. It was hypothesized that the presumably lower levels of television watching among girls attending single-sex schools could be explained by…

In this article, the author discusses spatial developments that have taken place at her old high school in South Africa since 1994, and considers how those changes point to the governors' and management's response to the post-apartheid political dispensation. The data used in this study include sets of photographs taken by the author and four…