Past Conferences

THE SCHOLAR AND THE FEMINIST XXIV:
SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION:
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST?
November 7, 1998
Conference Program (PDF, 120 KB)

Morning Plenary Session

Single-Sex Schooling: A Valuable Tool?
Opening Remarks: Judith Shapiro, President, Barnard College
Moderator: Augusta Souza Kappner, President, Bank Street College
Susan Bailey, Director, Wellesley Center for Research on Women
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development, Teachers College
Diane Hulse, Middle School Head, The Collegiate School
Heather Johnson Nicholson, Director, National Resource Center, Girls, Inc.
Valerie Lee, Professor of Education, School of Education, University of Michigan

Afternoon Plenary

Single-Sex Public Education: Toward Gender Equality or Gender Discrimination? Legal, Political, and Social Questions
Moderator: Leslie J. Calman, Deputy Director, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
Patricia Campbell, Director of Campbell-Kibler Associates
Anne Connors, former President NYC NOW
Michelle Fine, Professor of Psychology, CUNY Graduate Center
Denise Morgan, Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School
Ellen Wahl, Senior Scientist, Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, Inc.

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