"Dr. Leonard Sax"
A Pendulum Too Far: Is it time to pay attention to boys education?
Lisa Wolfe published a thoughtful musing on the current state of boys education over at The Daily Beast, “Boys’ Self Esteem Problems.” She begins, interestingly, with a question posited by a colleague of mine about 20 years ago. We had been sitting through faculty meetings, over a few years, with topic-after-topic, idea-after-idea, and speaker-after-speaker covering [...]
Read MoreDr. Leonard Sax Makes the Case For Single Gender Public Schools in Toronto
We’ve observed a couple of situations where the research of Dr. Leonard Sax underlies school organization and philosophy- The Webb Schools (The Webb Schools’ Distinctive Coed Environment) and Memphis public schools’ introduction of single gender public schools (Boys and Girls Education in a Public School Setting). Sax will visit Toronto this week to make the [...]
Read MoreBoys and Girls Education in a Public School Setting
Today’s Memphis Commercial Appeal includes an interesting story covering school single gender classrooms in the Memphis public school system. This article makes a good addition to the vigorous discussion surrounding single gender education. Much like The Webb Schools, about which we’ve written, Memphis has seen learning and test score improvements since providing lower school (9th [...]
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