Answering Back

<p><em>Answering Back</em> exposes the volatility of gender reform in many different schools and classrooms. It tells stories in close up and from below allowing everyone to talk: anxious boys naughty girls cantankerous teachers pontificating principals and feisty feminists.<br><br> This book challenges many sacred ideas about gender reform in schools and will surprise and unsettle teachers and researchers. It draws on a deep knowledge of gender issues in schools and of feminist theories policies and practices. It is compelling and provocative reading at the leading edge.</p>