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What is the matter with boys?

When Peter West gives talks to parents about boys' education, it is consistently the boys' mothers who take the initiative. In this book his message is: Dad, wake up! Your son's education is your responsibility as well! Chapters range over a diversity of topics, including why fathers still…

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For Girls Only: Making a Case for Single-Sex Schooling

Summary "This book begins where others end--by addressing issues about the legality of single-sex schools and classes and the dilemmas they pose for teachers and administrators. The whole book is very insightful and brilliant." -- Cornelius Riordan, Providence College …

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Teaching the Female Brain: how girls learn math and science

In July 2009, Corwin published Teaching the Female Brain: how girls learn math and science. This is the second book by Dr. Abigail James, who is a member of the NASSPE Advisory Board. This book includes many useful strategies for engaging girls in grades K-12 in mathematics and in the sciences.…

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The sexual paradox [Susan Pinker]

The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap takes a hard look at how fundamental sex differences play out in the workplace.   By comparing fragile boys who later succeed, with high achieving women who opt out, Susan Pinker turns several  assumptions upside down:  that the sexes are…

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