Straighten Up Girls and Boys by Jackie M. Blount PAPERBACK 9798895570814

Name: Straighten Up Girls and Boys by Jackie M. Blount PAPERBACK 9798895570814
Brand: Harvard Educational Publishing Group

Harvard Educational Publishing Group

Straighten Up, Girls and BoysHow Schools Have Shaped Sexuality and Gender\nAuthor(s): Jackie M. Blount\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group, United States\nImprint: Harvard Educational Publishing Group\nISBN-13: 9798895570814, 979-8895570814\nSynopsis\nThis illuminating read bridges education history with contemporary efforts to create inclusive, equitable schools\n\nIn Straighten Up, Girls and Boys, acclaimed historian and educator Jackie M. Blount exposes the hidden history of how American schools have carefully shaped and policed gender and sexualityaffecting every student and educator, past and present. With clarity and compassion, she invites readers not only to understand these forces, but to take action for positive change in their own school communities.\n\nDrawing on centuries of school design, hiring practices, and classroom curriculum, Blount uncovers how seemingly neutral decisionsfrom the layout of restrooms to textbooks and teacher rolesha.