Evaluate the claim that recent changes within schools are the main factors responsible for high female attainment.

Since the early 1990s girls have begun to out-perform boys at most levels of the education system. Explanations for this change include a number of factors that occur internally within schools. What used to be the underachievement of girls in the classroom led to the work of feminist sociologists in the 1970s and 1980s to put a greater emphasis on more equal opportunities policies in education. Teaching approaches and resources were monitored for sex bias …

…been executed in education, the opposing external factors don't note any recent modifications. Therefore, girls have always had the capability and attitudes to succeed but have been at a disadvantage as a result of a social barrier. Education has lifted the barrier but only to an extent. Since girls have been outperforming boys there has been a 'moral panic' which reflects anti-female sentiments and a patriarchal society. Why, instead, aren't girls praised for their improvements?