Handbook for achieving gender equity through education / Susan S. Klein, general editor ... [et al.].

Rev. ed. of: Handbook for achieving sex equity through education, c1985.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface -- Examining the Achievement of Gender Equity in and Through Education -- Part I: Facts and Assumptions About the Nature and Value of Gender Equity -- Facts and Assumptions About the Nature of Gender Differences and the Implications for Gender Equity -- Gender Equity Education Globally -- Impact of Education on Gender Equity in Employment and Its Outcomes. -- Part II: Administrative Strategies for Implementing Gender Equity. -- The Role of Government in Advancing Gender Equity in Education -- Increasing Gender Equity in Educational Leadership. -- The Treatment of Gender Equity in Teacher Education -- Part III: General Educational Practices for Promoting Gender Equity -- Gender Equity in Testing and Assessment -- Arms,-- Gender Equity in Coeducational and Single Sex Educational Environments -- Gender Equity in the Use of Educational Technology. -- Sexual Harassment: The Hidden Gender Equity Problem. -- Part IV: Gender Equity Strategies in the Content Areas-- Gender Equity in Mathematics -- Gender Equity in Science,-- Engineering,-- and Technology -- Gender Equity in Communication Skills.-- Gender Equity in Foreign and Second Language Learning -- Gender Equity in Social Studies.,-- Gender Equity in Visual Arts and Dance Education. -- Gender Equity in Physical Education and Athletics_- Gender Equity in Formal Sexuality Education.-- Gender Equity in Career and Technical Education --The Role of Women’s and Gender Studies in Advancing Gender Equity -- Part V: Gender Equity Strategies for Diverse Populations -- Gender Equity for African Americans -- Gender Equity for Latina,-- Gender Equity for Asian and Pacific Island American -- Gender Equity for American Indians.-- Gender Equity and Lesbian,-- Gay,-- Bisexual,-- and Transgender Issues in Education-- Gender Equity for Gifted Students.,-- Gender Equity for People With Disabilities -- Part VI: Gender Equity From Early Through Postsecondary Education -- Gender Equity in Early Learning Environments. - Improving Gender Equity in Postsecondary Education,-- Summary and Recommendations for Achieving Gender Equity in and Through Education.

A work concerning gender equity in education. It provides a 20-year retrospective of the field, one that has the great advantage of documenting US national data on the gains and losses in the efforts to advance gender equality through policies such as Title IX, and the landmark federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education.