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Do Schools

Shortchange girls?

Attending post-secondary institutions

- Majority female in both university and college

Percentage of Students to Attain a High School Diploma

Girls Are Shortchanged!

Shortchange

Engagement at School

Treating Men and

Women Differently

1) Teachers who don't break

stereotype threats

2) Special Education Programs

are exclusive to boys!

3) Gender Roles found in class

material

Academic Achievement

More than half of

students are girls!

Textbook Arrangements

Teachers Commitment to EQUAL Treatment

Social Behaviour

Historical Developments

Stats and Legislation

Institutional Policies

Higher Academic or Equal Achievement

Percentage of Students by Gender and Age to Attain a High School Diploma in Ontario in 2006

Girls Are Not Shortchanged!

100 Girls Project

- First Nations Education and Family Education

- Education in New France

- Education in Canada, 1800-1900

- British Attempt to Assimilate French Canadian Culture through Education

- Church Schools are First Schools

- Academy Schools offer Broader Education

- Ladies Academy Schools

- Grammar Schools until 1871

- Industrialization and Growing Acceptance of Public Schools

Percentage of Students who Participated in Organized

Extracurricular Activity, by Gender and Age Group

Increased Engagement in School

What does

SHORTCHANGE

mean??

-In classrooms as majority of teachers are female – engage improves with teacher of the same gender

1) Higher Academic or Equal Achievement

2) Display Better/Improved Behaviour 

3)Increased Engagement in School

Display Better/Improved Behaviour

In the TDSB, boys are 3-4 more times likely to be suspended, with only 21% being girls in 2008-2009

- Education in Canada, 1900-1940

- Standardization

- IQ Tests

- Finishing Schools

- Education in Canada, 1940-1980

- Cold War = Greater Investment in Science

- Difference between Boys and Girls Explored

- Menstruation, Pregnancy, Puberty - Barriers to Cognition

- Brain Development Different Between Sexes

- Girls Steered Towards Home Ec., Arts, Languages

- The Rise of Feminism and Civil Rights

Movements

- 1982, Charter of Rights and Freedoms,

S15 Equal Rights

Girls Outperform Boys?!

High school drop-out rates Across Ontario

International Laws:

- 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

- 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

National Laws:

- 1982 Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Ontario Education Act

- School boards must

  • promote a positive and accepting environment for both sexes
  • Support activities and organizations that promote gender equity
  • Promote prevention of bullying (including gender-based bullying)

So, Do Schools Shortchange Girls?

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