The discussion begins broadly with an overview of gender disparities in world education. In spite of the initiatives aiming to improve gender parity, female students have continued to experience significantly lower access to education nationwide. Although there are many disadvantages that female students confront, studies have shown that American school-aged boys, on average, face more discipline problems and learning disabilities than girls, a reminder that gender equality requires education improvements for both sexes. R.D. Merritt discusses the growing trend of same-sex classrooms and the case studies that have shown gender-specific segregation to produce positive results for some students. In her essay on women in education, Belinda B. McFeeters cites the influential women involved in the history of teaching and reviews the current state of gender equality in colleges and universities, specifically in regard to the percentage of women who hold full-time faculty or upper-level administrative positions. Sandra Myers discusses the influence that an instructor’s gender can have on his or her teaching style and the ways that male and female students can thrive in different classroom environments. Myers then associates high-stakes testing with educational equality, noting that “tests can contain subtle biases that favor one racial, cultural, or gender group over another.” Susanne Carter underlines the importance of providing empathetic and respectful counseling services to students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning. These students are often harassed, and their learning is subsequently compromised by stress, truancy, dropping out, and failure. Carter cites the need for school services that support these students and the inclusion of GLBTQ content in the curriculum.