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Fueled by media reports of gender bias in the schools, the debate over single sex education has been recently renewed. Voices of Hope asks for a reconsideration of the framing of that debate. For whom is single sex education better? For the attainment of which goals? What do girls gain by being schooled with male peers? What is lost? In this longitudinal study of more than fifty high school girls at four New England independent schools, Carole B. Shmurak follows their development from ninth grade through the first year of college. Case studies capture the girls' own voices as they describe their hopes for their futures and the events that subsequently affect those futures.

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Carole Shmurak's study of high school girls' career aspirations is sobering. A scientist by training, Dr. Shmurak balances facts with the girls' talking for themselves. Thanks to her extensive interviews, we can hear these young women thinking, putting together pieces of their experience to make sense. Her careful research tells the story and presents the data, allowing for alternative explanations. (Sybillyn Jennings, Department of Psychology, Russel Sage College, New York) Carole Shmurak's 'Voices of Hope' takes a scholarly and engaging look at both the myths and the academic, studies relating to single sex education for girls. Dr. Shmurak's conclusions from her unique longitudinal study make this book important reading for professors of education, secondary school administrators, and teachers, as well as prospective female independent school students and their parents. 'Voices of Hope' clarifies important gender issues in education for all of us. (Gary Fountain, Department of English and Teacher Education Program, Ithaca College, New York)

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The Author: Carole B. Shmurak is Associate Professor of Secondary Education at Central Connecticut State University. She received her A.B. in Chemistry from Mount Holyoke College, her M.A. in Biochemistry from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Science Education from Indiana University. Dr. Shmurak has taught at the Dalton School in New York and Miss Porter's School in Connecticut, and is the author of numerous articles on the impact of gender on education.

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