Sadker, Myra.

Failing at fairness : how America's schools cheat girls / Myra and David Sadker. - New York : C. Scribner's Sons : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1994. - xiv, 347 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-336) and index.

Hidden lessons -- Through the back door : the history of women's education -- Missing in interaction -- The self-esteem slide -- High school : in search of herself -- Test dive -- Higher education : colder by degrees -- The miseducation of boys -- Different voices, different schools -- The edge of change.

Booklist

Examines how schools at every level fail girls and offers a solution to what must be done to serve children better.

Adult

0684195410 : $22.00 ($28.50 in Can.)

93011586


Sex discrimination in education--United States.
Sexism in education--United States.
Women--Education--United States.
Sex discrimination.
Sexism.
Women--Education.--United States

LC212.82 / .S27 1994

370.19/345