Mind the (gender) gap

By Annabel Jenner2022-02-18T07:26:00

Two female high school students measuring chemicals in a school lab

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Can single-sex schools boost girls’ uptake of A-level STEM subjects?

In 2015, the United Nations designated 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The same year, chemistry teacher Annabel Jenner moved from a co-ed school to an all-girls school. Seven years later she ponders the impact of single-sex education on girls’ attitudes to studying science and STEM subjects post-16.

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