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

County SchoolsPresentation by

Chaz Steele&

Shaheed Elhamdani

Research by: Kyle Wilson, Allison Chapman, Bryson Macconnachie,

Jonathan Harrison, Brian Worthington, and Kevin

Bollinger

Outline

•Discussion on stereotype threat over Gender differences• Impracticality

•Overview of economic invalidity of the proposal•Other various barriers

Stereotype Threat

Graph showing the average GPA of high school boys and girls

Stereotype Threat cont.

Graph showing average number of credits in high school earned by boys and girls

Stereotype Threat cont.

Graph showing AP test scores of girls and boys in STEM classes

Stereotype Threat cont.

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

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.

Economic and Practical Sense

IF THERE IS A LEARNING DIFFERENCE (Not saying

there is, just IF)

Current Economic State of education

• $1,317,924,539 in 2010 for WV education

• Economic Recession

• Already Increasing Money on Education

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

• 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?

The Costs Add Up

EXPENSIVE

Public School Expenditures Dollar Amout (in Billions)

Current Expenditures 476.8

Instruction 290.7

Student Services 25.2

Food Services 18.1

Enterprise Operations 1.1

Capital Outlay 62.9

Interest on School Debt 14.7

Other Current Expenditures 7.8

Total Budget of $562.3 Billion

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

Summary

• Stereotype threat

• Impracticality

• Economic state

• Multiple Social and Structural Barriers

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

•http://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