Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hBPF9Hm13577; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:09:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:09:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sfeab6e9.041@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2808] gender gap and education X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.5 Beta Status: O Content-Length: 1280 Lines: 19 In Reading Today (December 03/January 04), an article describes UNESCO's report on the gender gap in education. According to the report: girls continue to face "sharp discrimination in access to schooling in a majority of developing countries." Reasons for this include: cost of education (less of a value placed by families on sending girls to school when money is involved), early marriage, violence towards girls in schools, lack of women teachers who could serve as role models. This article also describes data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) which indicates that when girls do have the opportunity for education, they appear to thrive. In the 35 countries that were surveyed, 4th grade girls had significantly higher reading achievement than 4th grade boys. Another report, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found that teenage girls are better readers than teenage boys in 42 countries. If you are interested in more information, visit: www.reading.org/advocacy/pisa.pdf www.pisa.oecd.org Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy MSC 6A0360 Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Mar 11 2004 - 12:17:54 EST