TY - BOOK AU - Nuamah,Sally A. TI - How girls achieve SN - 9780674980228 AV - LC 1481 N962h 2019 U1 - 371.82 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts, London PB - Harvard University Press KW - Girls KW - Education KW - Conduct of life KW - Sex differences in education KW - Academic achievement KW - Logros académicos KW - Niñas KW - Educación N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Letting girls learn -- Becoming safe -- Becoming feminist -- Becoming achievement oriented -- The limits of confidence... -- Conclusion: Letting all students learn N2 - This bold and necessary book points out a simple and overlooked truth: most schools never had girls in mind to begin with. That is why the world needs what Sally Nuamah calls feminist schools, deliberately designed to provide girls with achievement-oriented identities. And she shows why doing so would help all students, regardless of their gender.-- ER -