"Boys Themselves: A Return To Single-Sex Education" 1996 RUHLMAN, Michael

"Boys Themselves: A Return To Single-Sex Education" 1996 RUHLMAN, MichaelRUHLMAN, Michael [384] pp. Henry Holt and Company 1996 First Edition 9 1 2" x 6 1 2" Fine Fine Though the roots of single sex schooling extend back to the very origins of education in this country, in this century the institution has been an easy target for criticism the common perception being that coeducation is obviously better because it's more equal and democratic. By the mid 1980s this logic had become so accepted that most single sex schools

RUHLMAN, Michael

[384] pp.

Henry Holt and Company

1996

First Edition

9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Fine/ Fine

Though the roots of single-sex schooling extend back to the very origins of education in this country, in this century the institution has been an easy target for criticism - the common perception being that coeducation is obviously better because it's more equal and democratic. By the mid-1980s this logic had become so accepted that most single-sex schools had disappeared, and, in fact, few people cared. To investigate the form of single-sex education, Michael Ruhlman returned to University School in Cleveland, Ohio, the boys' day school he had graduated from more than a dozen years earlier. Through an academic year spent shadowing its controversial headmaster, lively teachers, and the boys themselves, Ruhlman untangles the issues and constructs a narrative of both the world of single-sex education and the world of one school, which inevitably raises questions regarding school culture and environment, questions of moral judgment, rigor, and the importance of language - issues fundamental to the education of all children.