On Tuesday, Laura Blankenship, Ph.D., Interim Director of Professional Learning at the International Consortium of Girls’ Schools, will present Part 2: Current Research on All-Girls Schools on October 29 at 2 pm EDT. This will include key research highlighting the benefits of all-girls schools as well as areas where findings are less conclusive. Save the date.
Laura Blankenship, Ph.D.
is Interim Director of Professional Learning at the International Consortium of Girls’ Schools (ICGS), the leading advocate for girls’ schools. She earned a B.A. in English from Rhodes College, Memphis TN and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Arkansas. She has developed a career dedicated to girls’ and women’s education. At Bryn Mawr College, she ran a program to teach young women web development and technical skills. Then, at the Baldwin School (PreK-12, an all-girls’ school) she served as Computer Science Department Chair and later as the Dean of Academic Affairs and finally as Assistant Head of School. She is a veteran school educator and administrator, and the Founding Head of School at San Francisco Girls’ School. Previously, she represented school members of the ICGS and is now serving girls’ schools within the organization.
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