Schools Shortchange Girls
Chapter 11 Discussion Class Debate—Does School Shortchange Girls or Boys?
Beginning with the AAUW report that contended that schools shortchange girls, this topic has been a topic for heated debate. During the early 1990s, the focus was girls’ disadvantages in the school environment, but that emphasis changed during the late 1990s. Now, boys’ problems in school receive more publicity than girls’ disadvantages. Thus, you will have no trouble finding opinions to bolster either position.
Take a side and support your opinion: Does School Shortchange Girls or Boys? Use an outside scholarly research journal article from our library with proper citation to support your position.
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Conferring the AAUW seventh report (2017), the shortchanging of girls by schools has been a heated topic due to its repercussions on society. This report analyzed several schools across the US majorly and around the globe, and results showed that many factors are leading to girls being shortchanged by schools more than boys. Firstly, teachers were found to be using general assumptions in the teaching process, which shortchanged more girls than boys. It is seen in the field of sciences, with a considerable…
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