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How America’s Schools Cheat GirlsHow America’s Schools Cheat Girls

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How America’s Schools Cheat GirlsHow America’s Schools Cheat Girls

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An Overview:An Overview:History of women’s education

Girls in elementary

Young women in middle school

Young women in high school

Gender gaps in test scores

Miseducation of boys

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Boys receive more attention than girls in the classroom.

Why?

Boys receive more attention than girls in the classroom.

Why?

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Girls Learn:

*keep quiet and be polite

*help the teacher

*their answers are not as important as how neat their margins are

*their appearance is very important

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Boys Learn:

*The loudest voice gets heard

*Be active and independent

*Sports and masculinity are the same thing

*They are the most important members of a classroom

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42% of girls found positive things to write about

95% of boys saw no advantage to being a girl

16% of the boys wrote about fantasy escapes from their female bodies: suicide

1100 Children were asked what their lives would be like as members of the opposite sex

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no women in history Classes of Students Cannot List 20 Women of U.S. History. Can You?

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PATENT

DATE CLIENT1794 ELI WHITNEY

Cotton GinRevolutionary invention

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PATENT

DATE CLIENT1794 CATHERINE “KITTY” GREENE

Cotton GinRevolutionary invention

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