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The article presents two views on whether boys and girls should be educated in separate classrooms in public schools. Marcus Suruor of California states that boys and girls should be educated in different classrooms because sometimes they distract each other when they are together. Egna Arzate...
- Feedback. // U.S. Catholic;Sep2003, Vol. 68 Issue 9, p26
Presents several comments on education in the U.S. Percentage of the public who agree that Catholic schools should remain committed to single-gender education; Advantages and disadvantages of single-gender education; Benefits obtained from coeducation.
- Separating Girls and Boys: Should school districts offer single-sex public schools and classes?: Yes. Salomone, Rosemary // Teacher Magazine;Jan/Feb2007, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p12
The article presents information on the argument whether there should be single-sex public schools and classes in school districts in the U.S. The single-sex schools have certain advantages for some boys and some girls. A number of schools have shown phenomenal success. In single-sex schools,...
- No Girls Allowed. Flannery, Mary Ellen // NEA Today;Apr2006, Vol. 24 Issue 7, p32
The article focuses on the adoption of the single-sex education in schools across the U.S. in hopes of boosting achievement. But general expectations in most classrooms, that students will raise their hands, work cooperatively, ask for help, and refrain from disruption, are easier for most...
- Are all-girls schools best? Lamb, Lynette // New Moon Network;Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p1
Focuses on the controversy over single-gender education and provides information on the advantages and disadvantages of all-girl schools.
- The Pros and Cons of Single-Gender Classrooms. // Curriculum Review;Oct2010, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p9
The article discusses a dual academy at the Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. where boys and girls are placed in single-gender classrooms. The article describes the structure of the program and provides statistics for single-sex classes in public schools throughout the...
- Survey: Students, Parents Value Single-Sex Classes. // Education Week;12/8/2010, Vol. 30 Issue 14, p4
The article discusses the results of a study on single-sex classes in South Carolina public schools.
- Iran: Women medical students protest sex-segregation. // Off Our Backs;Feb2000, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p3
Reports on the protests made by women medical students at the Fatemieh Medical School in Iran against the school's poor education due to sex segregation. Background on Fatemieh school.
- Learning Apart. // Scholastic News -- Edition 4;11/27/2006, Vol. 69 Issue 9, p3
The article reports on the announcement of the U.S. Department of Education that public school districts can now create all-boys or all-girls classes and schools. A 1972 law generally prohibits the separation of boys and girls in public schools and classes, except for things like physical...
