single+sex+public+schooling

= RAHS Note Page =

Source
"Single-Sex Education." //NASSPE//. N.p., 2010. Web. 2 May 2010. .

Summary/Direct Quote
The good news is that the gender-separate format can boost grades and test scores for BOTH girls and boys. However, that improvement doesn't happen automatically. Just putting girls in one room and boys in another is no guarantee of success. As with anything else in education, [|adequate preparation] in proven, evidence-based strategies is key.

We now have good [|evidence] that single-sex classrooms CAN break down gender stereotypes, particularly when teachers have [|appropriate professional development.] [| Girls] in single-sex educational settings are more likely to take classes in math, science, and information technology. [| Boys] in single-gender classrooms -- led by teachers with [|training in how to lead such classrooms]-- are much more likely to pursue interests in art, music, drama, and foreign languages. Both girls and boys have more freedom to explore their own interests and abilities than in the coed classroom.


 * The [|brains] of girls and boys develop along different trajectories. Some differences are genetically programmed and are present at birth; other differences are manifested later in childhood.
 * Girls and boys learn in subtly [| different ways], in part because of those differences in the developmental trajectory of the brain. This does NOT imply that "all girls learn one way and all boys learn another way" - that's not a true statement, and nobody associated with NASSPE believes it! We celebrate and cherish the variations AMONG girls and AMONG boys.