David Chadwell is the nation's first Coordinator for Single-Gender Education at the state level.  In July 2007 he was hired by the South Carolina Department of Education to support single-gender initiatives.  He has worked with single-gender programs since 2004. 

His work has included:

• Working to design and implement a single-gender middle school program
• Teaching an all-boys middle school advisory program.
• Conducting presentations at local, state, and national conferences on a variety of issues related to gender differences and single-gender education.
• Collecting data on single-gender classes.
• Supporting interest in single-gender education through information sessions, newsletters, website development, and on-line resources.
• Coordinating and hosting state and national conferences on single-gender education.
• Appearing in media sources such as:  MSNBC, ABCNews On-line, New York Times Magazine, NPR, Education Week, Education Next, USA Today, and multiple state and local newspapers.

David has worked with over 300 schools across South Carolina and elsewhere (Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Delaware, Washington DC, Virginia, Missouri, Minnesota).  He is available to work with schools, districts, and states with the following topics:

• Designing a single-gender program that is legal.
• Introducing gender differences to teachers.
• Training teachers in gender differences and classroom implications.
• Developing a single-gender advisory program.
• Designing professional development for sustaining a single-gender program.
• Conducting research with a single-gender program.

David is available to speak to a variety of groups and in different formats including: