PROGRAMMATIC EQUITY AUDIT OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SINGLE GENDERED CLASSROOMS

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PROGRAMMATIC EQUITY AUDIT OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
IN SINGLE GENDERED CLASSROOMS

• Maceo Rainey
• Lewis University

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SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS

• Male Female
• BLACK 115 134
• LATINO 3 3
• WHITE 2 3
• TOTAL 260 STUDENTS

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SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS

• CORE COURSES
• Math, Science, Reading (2X), and
• Social Studies
• SPECIALS
• Spanish, Art, Library/Media, Music, and P.E.
• EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Basketball, Band, Cheerleading, Praise
• Dance, Stomp Team, Choir and Pep Squad

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MISC.FACTS

• 5 SUPERINTENDENTS IN 6 YEARS
• 4 PRINCIPALS IN 6 YEARS
• SCHOOL FINANCE AUTHORITY
• HIGH TEACHER TURNOVER
• 5TH YEAR OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
• MADE AYP FOR 2005-06 RESTRUCTURING DELAYED

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COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS

• SCHOOL LOCATION 15 miles south of Chicago (South
  Suburbs) Markham, IL
• Robert Frost Middle School
• Services the communities of Markham, Harvey
  (South), Hazel Crest, and East Hazel Crest

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COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS

• CRIME 11 unsolved murders in 2005
• (Markham, Harvey H.C)
• EMPLOYMENT RATE 32 unemployment
• rate in 2005 (Markham, Harvey H.C.)
• EDUCATION 6 HARVEY BS
• 10 MARKHAM BS
• 24 H.C
  BS

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EQUITY AUDIT

• Challenges Deficit Thinking (McKenzie
  Scheurich)
• Challenges Racial Erasure (McKenzie
  Scheurich)
• Collaboration with Stakeholders (Skrla,et.al)

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TEACHER QUALITY (Educational Attainment)
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TEACHER QUALITY (Certification)
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TEACHER QUALITY(Experience)
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TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT 2003-04 (8TH
Grade)
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SINGLE GENDERED CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT 2005-06
(8TH Grade)
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SINGLE GENDERED INSTRUCTION INTEGRATION

• ALL CORE COURSES SPECIALS CLASSES ARE SINGLE
  GENDERED
• INTEGRATED SEGMENTS
• Lunch
• Extra-curricular activities
• Transportation Hallway Movement
• School-Wide Activities

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CRITICISM OF SINGLE GENDERED INSTRUCTION

• Legal Issues Title IX
• School Segregation (Sen. Kennedy)
• Tolerance Issues (Sexuality)

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CONCLUSIONS NEXT STEPS

• 1. Differentiated Instructional Methods
• Sedentary Teachers vs. Engaged Teachers
• Physiological Differences Between
• Boys Girls
• Boys
• Better Gross Motor Skills
• Shorter attention spans
• Kinesthetic Right Brained Learners
• Testosterone

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GIRLS

• Fine Motor Skills are better than Boys
• Girls hear better than Boys
• Development of Cerebral Cortex
• Sit for long periods of time
• Estrogen