EDUCATION

Third party abuse in an Australian school.

New Zealand

New Zealand university enrolments, 1995

Teachers in New Zealand state schools

Suspensions from New Zealand schools, some data.

NZ school retention rates and results

Link to Education Review Office reports: The Achievement of Boys (winter 1999), and Promoting Boys Achievement (March 2000).

United States

The Myth That Schools Shortchange Girls (by Professor Judith Kleinfeld)

Youth Indicators 1993, Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth, from the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. The indicators include variables on home, school, health, etc. over time, including:

• Who does better at writing? (US)
• Who does better at reading? (US)
• Who does better at mathematics? (US)
• Who does better at science? (US)

If these are not what you want, search the whole US Department of Education homepage (many publications).

Canada

The Gender Earnings Gap Among Recent Postsecondary Graduates, 1984-92, a research paper at Statistics Canada.

Stuart Birks

Last updated 1 June 2000