"Boys Themselves: A Return to Single-Sex Education" 1996 Ruhlman, Michael

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RUHLMAN, Michael

[384] pp.

Henry Holt and Company

1996

First Edition

9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Though the roots of … Read more RUHLMAN, Michael

[384] pp.

Henry Holt and Company

1996

First Edition

9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

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. See less