All Girls：Single-Sex Education and Why It Matters

InAllGirls,acclaimedjournalistKarenStabinerspendsapivotalyearwiththeyoungwomenoftwoverydifferentgirls'schools:Marlborough,aneliteprepschoolinLosAngeles,andTheYoungWomen'sLeadershipSchoolofEastHarlem,anembattled,controversialexperimentwithintheNewYorkCitypublicschoolsystem.Onbothcoasts,Stabiner'ssubjectsarefascinatingyoungwomenonthebrinkofadulthood,whosechoicesandacademicperformancewillaffectthecourseoftheirlives.AllGirlsoffersaninsider'sperspectiveonthedailytriumphsandfrustrationsofteachersandstudents,parents,andadvocatesofsingle-sexeducation.Itdramaticallybringstonewlifethedebateaboutsingle-sexeducationandtheperilsfacedbyadolescentgirls,whichMaryPipherfirstbroughttonationalattentionwithhergroundbreakingbestsellerRevivingOphelia.ThroughStabiner'svivid,perceptivereportingonherdiversereal-lifesubjects,werecognizeourchildren,ourfriends,andourrelatives.Wefeelinvestedintheirstoriesfromtheveryfirstgrippingchapter.Theresultisanurgent,definitivebookforanyoneinvolvedintheeducationofagirl.