Description‘Tooley’s book offers to break new ground for women and women’s education’— Third Way‘Tooley’s analysis is wise and deep. His world view sends shivers down the spine’— Evening Standard‘Thought-provoking things to say about the dilemmas facing young women’— THESGirls and boys are different. So why does schooling insist on treating them as identical? Could this misguided equality have anything to do with increasing dissatisfaction amongst women, as revealed by survey after survey? Bringing together many women’s voices, from Bridget Jones to Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan to Germaine Greer, James Tooley challenges education’s sacred cows, demanding a radical rethinking of sexual politics and a fairer way forward for women.James Tooley is Professor of Education Policy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and author of Reclaiming Education (Continuum) and The Global Education Industry (IEA). He has featured frequently in newspapers and periodicals such as the New Statesman, Guardian, Sunday Times and the Times Educational Supplement.
