Censoring Girls’ Choices: Continued Gender Bias in English Language Arts Classrooms

Questions the nexus of girls development, gendered practices in classrooms, and the nature of the English curriculum. Surveys participants in a summer literature discussion group and nearly 1,000 young adolescents. Discusses devaluing girls intelligence; privileging male characteristics; understanding girls silence; observing realities, opting for silence; making a difference in the world; and what teachers can do.