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Where boys' and girls' advocates generally agree is on the destructive nature of gender stereotyping. If girls are urged to catch up in math and join ice-hockey teams, boys should be encouraged to write poetry and take dance classes without being labeled sissies. Parents can enhance gender-neutral self-esteem by suggesting that a daughter help fix a leaky pipe--or a son whip up an omelet. "A little girl who says she wants to be a doctor gets a lot of support," says Bailey, whose Wellesley Centers are devoting their next gender-equity conference to boys...
...Bailey's 1992 report, How Schools Shortchange Girls, that sparked a national hand-wringing epidemic over the plight of adolescent girls--especially their loss of interest in math and science. Financed by the American Association of University Women, the report surveyed a decade of research and concluded that teachers paid less attention to girls than boys, that textbooks reinforced sexual stereotypes and that college-entrance tests favored boys. A year later, another study documented widespread sexual harassment in schools...
...surge of creative solutions. A corporate-sponsored program, Take Our Daughters to Work Day, spread across the U.S. in an effort to encourage girls to examine varied careers. In Lincoln, Neb., teacher Jane Edwards partners with a local architectural firm to challenge high school girls to use technology, math and science to solve design problems. In Aurora, Colo., middle school teacher Pam Schmidt has created Eocene Park, a paleontology field school that encourages girls to explore this traditionally male-dominated science...
...overstated the problem? A report last March found no evidence that girls improve their academic performance or their emotional health in single-sex settings. What helps girls is what helps boys: smaller classes, a demanding curriculum and encouragement regardless of gender. In the past decade, the gender gap for math and science, such as it was, has narrowed to the point of statistical irrelevance. Overall, males have somewhat higher standardized math and science test scores, while females have slightly higher school grades. Girls and boys are taking about the same math and science courses in high school, but boys...
Campbell researched the techniques of math and science teachers in three states and found that those who were successful with both boys and girls shared common traits...