A Defense Against the Insertion of Single-Sex Classrooms into Cabell County Schools Presentation by Chaz Steele & Shaheed Elhamdani Research by: Kyle Wilson, Allison Chapman, Bryson Macconnachie, Jonathan Harrison, Brian Worthington, and Kevin Bollinger
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A Defense Against the Insertion of Single-Sex Classrooms into Cabell County Schools. Presentation by Chaz Steele & Shaheed Elhamdani Research by: Kyle Wilson, Allison Chapman, Bryson Macconnachie, Jonathan Harrison, Brian Worthington, and Kevin Bollinger. Outline. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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