Providing new opportunities or reinforcing old stereotypes? Perceptions and experiences of single-sex public education

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1174-1181

  Goodkind, Sara ^a   Schelbe, Lisa ^a   Joseph, Andrea A ^a   Beers, Daphne E ^a   Pinsky, Stephanie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Poverty; Public schools; Race; Single sex education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892514084     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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