Education and Policy Writer

Peter Schmidt

2 articles 1996

Peter Schmidt is a journalist and author who has written about education policy and gender issues in schools. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1996, challenging prevailing narratives about gender bias against girls in education.

THE PHONY WAR ON SCHOOLGIRLS A MYTH EXPOSED

July 8, 1996 · Peter Schmidt, Magazine

America's girls are said to face a grave threat: their schools. Word has it that hordes of sexual harassers prey on girls in classrooms and corridors; that teachers routinely ignore or mistreat them; that sexist textbooks degrade them; that gender-biased tests underrate them; and that the entire…

THE PHONY WAR ON SCHOOLGIRLS A MYTH EXPOSED

July 8, 1996 · Peter Schmidt, Magazine

America's girls are said to face a grave threat: their schools. Word has it that hordes of sexual harassers prey on girls in classrooms and corridors; that teachers routinely ignore or mistreat them; that sexist textbooks degrade them; that gender-biased tests underrate them; and that the entire…