advantages+of+single+sex+education

= RAHS Note Page =

Source
Kennedy, Robert. "What Are the Advantages of Single Sex Education?." //About.com:Private Schools//. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 May 2010. .

Summary/Direct Quote
Some children thrive in a single sex school. Why? For one thing, the social pressures can be gentler. Your child can grow at his own pace. This often is a good thing for boys as they mature later than girls. The faculty at single sex schools understand how their students learn. They adapt their teaching styles to those specific needs. There are other advantages as well. For example, since a single sex school is basically homogeneous, that simplifies planning events and activities as you only have to consider boys or girls as the case may be. The conventional thinking thirty years ago was that coeducation would somehow break down gender stereotypes. But that didn't always happen. The proponents of single sex education argue that boys in coeducational settings are less likely to take courses in the arts or tackle advanced academic subjects simply to avoid being typecast as a nerd. Similarly [|girls avoid the sciences and technology subjects] because they don't want to appear to be tomboys. Single sex schools are flourishing once again as parents realize that allowing their son or daughter to learn in his or her own individual way is a very important consideration in choosing a school.