Product Details
Scribner, March 1995
Trade Paperback, 368 pages
ISBN-10: 068480073X
ISBN-13: 9780684800738
Description
Failing at Fairness, the result of two decades of research, shows how gender bias makes it impossible for girls to receive an education equal to that given to boys.
- Girls' learning problems are not identified as often as boys' are
- Boys receive more of their teachers' attention
- Girls start school testing higher in every academic subject, yet graduate from high school scoring 50 points lower than boys on the SAT
Hard-hitting and eye-opening, Failing at Fairness should be read by every parent, especially those with daughters.
Garin RubensteinThe New York TimesRequired reading for anyone interested in sex bias.
Patricia IrelandPresident, National Organization for WomenProvides hard evidence of the discrimination women face from the first day of school.
Naomi WolfAuthor of The Beauty MythWe need many more books like this one, that draw into the foreground the fact that sexism in the schools is crippling America's leadership and productivity.
David Sadker's Books
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Still Failing at FairnessDespite decades of effort to create fair classrooms and schools, gender bias is alive and well, and in some ways growing. School practices continue to...Read More
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