Failing at Fairness

This hard-hitting indictment of our education system, based on 20 years of research, provides shocking evidence of the gender bias that prevents girls from receiving the same education as boys. The Sadkers also show what parents, teachers, and students can do to reshape the system. Author lecture schedule.

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Failing at Fairness, the result of two decades of research, shows how gender bias makes it impossible for girls to receive an education equal to that given to boys.


Girls' learning problems are not identified as often as boys' are

Boys receive more of their teachers' attention

Girls start school testing higher in every academic subject, yet graduate from high school scoring 50 points lower than boys on the SAT


Hard-hitting and eye-opening, Failing at Fairness should be read by every parent, especially those with daughters