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By Kelley Benander
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Jennifer Harmon
Government 375

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 Introduction
Outlines the issues involved with single-sex education and presents a definition of gender equity.

History of Education and Gender in the U.S.
Traces the progression of gender segregation in U.S. education from the colonial period, during which females were excluded from public education, to the predominantly coeducational environment of public schools today.

Single-Sex Versus Coeducational Classrooms
Presents empirical evidence regarding academic and social inequality in the coeducational classroom and the documented effects of single-sex schooling.

Single-Sex Education in Public Schools: the Question of Constitutionality
Discusses the legal issues surrounding the public single-sex education debate through a presentation of relevant legislation and court decisions.

Conclusion
Analyzes the questions that remain before the adoption of sex-segregation as a method of reform in public schools.

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Government 375: Educational Reform and Ideology