Politics of Policy in Boys' Education: Getting Boys Right
This book explores boy-focused education policy and how different educators struggle to implement or resist it in their schools. Weaver-Hightower examines masculinity politics in Australia and the United States, mapping how these politics create panic over raising and educating boys the “Right” way. Contextualizing this policy with movements for boys’ education around the world, this book offers progressive strategies for resisting conservative, regressive, anti-feminist programs for boys.
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This book explores boy-focused education policy and how different educators struggle to implement or resist it in their schools. Weaver-Hightower examines masculinity politics in Australia and the United States, mapping how these politics create panic over raising and educating boys the “Right” way. Contextualizing this policy with movements for boys’ education around the world, this book offers progressive strategies for resisting conservative, regressive, anti-feminist programs for boys.
Illustrations ixForeword Michael W. Apple xiAcknowledgments xvAbbreviations and Acronyms xviiNotes on Formatting xixIntroduction 11 Gender and Education in a "New" Century: The "Boy Turn" 172 Masculinity "Down Under": The Roots of Boys' Education Policy in Australia 293 Boys: Getting It Right: Inventing Boys through Policy 594 Means to an End: The Resulting Initiatives 1035 "Getting It Right" in the Schoolhouse: Two Case Studies 1456 Boys' Education in the United States: What Australia's Example Tells Us 179Coda: Hope and Strategy 197Appendix Timeline of Australian Boys' Education Policy, 2000-2005 207Notes 211Bibliography 227Index 243
