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A Defense Against the Insertion of Single-Sex Classrooms into Cabell County Schools

A Defense Against the Insertion of Single-Sex Classrooms into Cabell County Schools. Presentation by Chaz Steele & Shaheed Elhamdani Research by: Kyle Wilson, Allison Chapman, Bryson Macconnachie, Jonathan Harrison, Brian Worthington, and Kevin Bollinger. Outline.

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A Defense Against the Insertion of Single-Sex Classrooms into Cabell County Schools

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  1. A Defense Against the Insertion of Single-Sex Classrooms into Cabell County Schools Presentation by Chaz Steele & Shaheed Elhamdani Research by: Kyle Wilson, Allison Chapman, Bryson Macconnachie, Jonathan Harrison, Brian Worthington, and Kevin Bollinger

  2. Outline • Discussion on stereotype threat over Gender differences • Impracticality • Overview of economic invalidity of the proposal • Other various barriers

  3. Stereotype Threat Graph showing the average GPA of high school boys and girls

  4. Stereotype Threat cont. Graph showing average number of credits in high school earned by boys and girls

  5. Stereotype Threat cont. Graph showing AP test scores of girls and boys in STEM classes

  6. Stereotype Threat cont. • Gender gap obviously not caused by some innate genetic difference • Real cause = Stereotype threat • Practical applications • Dweck and Mindset

  7. Impracticality of the Single-Sex Classroom. • Hard to adhere to title IX • NCLB states that if a co-ed school offers same-sex class it must also offer co-ed class.

  8. Economic and Practical Sense

  9. IF THERE IS A LEARNING DIFFERENCE (Not saying there is, just IF)

  10. Current Economic State of education • $1,317,924,539 in 2010 for WV education • Economic Recession • Already Increasing Money on Education

  11. Current Economic State of Education Cont.... • 132,656 k-12 Schools Nationwide • 3,178,142 Public School Teachers • $290,000,000,000 Total National Teacher Salaries

  12. The Costs Add Up EXP ENS I V E • Restructuring of System • More Teacher Training • From 1 to 3 Classrooms • Class reviews/evaluations • Customized Textbooks and Other School Essentials • Can we handle this now?

  13. Total Budget of $562.3 Billion

  14. Forget Money........ Other Barriers • Number of Teachers • Teaching Limits • Educating Teachers • Time Needed to Reach Goal • Dealing with Opposition Groups • Effort to Monitor and Enforce System and Fair Treatment

  15. Summary • Stereotype threat • Impracticality • Economic state • Multiple Social and Structural Barriers

  16. There is a Problem • Problem is existent • Success: “Someone meets the goals they set” • Are we doing our job? • Gladwell and Our Environment: Let’s Improve It

  17. http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/10facts/edlite-chart.htmlhttp://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/10facts/edlite-chart.html • http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/12stbyprogram.pdf • http://www.newsrecord.org/2.7228/research-divided-on-same-sex-classrooms-1.763072 • http://www.singlesexschools.org/legal.html • http://www.edreform.com/Fast_Facts/K12_Facts

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