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NASSPE’s fourth international conference on single-sex public education will take place at the Memphis Marriott Downtown. As at our three previous international conferences, this conference will include sessions along three different dimensions:    > Best practices for the subject areas    > Leadership for school heads, superintendents, and other administrators    > A scientific foundation and ongoing scholarly investigation. All sessions are organized along these three elements, so that during every ...

  This book is an essential resource for educators who are teaching or leading schools with single-gender classes, whether they're in public, private, or Catholic schools. It is a "soup-to-nuts" guide, covering everything from curriculum planning and classroom design to school policies and parent-teacher communication. Whether contemplating this new educational trend, or already working within one of the 10,000+ single-gender schools, this practical guide shows educators how they can make the most of a unique educational opportunity. Positioned at the forefront of ...

  A new study says parents are right to worry about their sons. [Newsweek, Sep 8, 2008]   By Peg Tyre Every other week it seems a new study comes out that adds to our already-formidable arsenal of parental worries. But even by those escalating standards, the report issued last week by the federal government's National Center for Health Statistics contained a jaw-dropper: the parents of nearly one of every five boys in the United States were concerned enough about what they saw as their sons' emotional or behavioral ...

[Times Record News, Thursday, September 4, 2008] By Ann Work Two Wichita Falls secondary schools are taking a divide-and-conquer approach to teaching math. Select math classes at Wichita Falls High School and Zundelowitz Junior High School have broken with school tradition and are delivering instruction to single-sex classrooms of boys only or girls only. At WFHS, a male teacher teaches the boys, and a female instructor addresses the girls; at Zundy, the same woman teaches all eighth-grade basic math classes, whether the class is all boys or all girls. Both ...