A new report, published in the journal Science, states that students who attend single-sex schools are no better educated than those who attend co-ed schools. Plus, children are more likely to accept gender stereotypes when they go to an all-boys or all-girls school.
There's really no good evidence that single-sex schools are in any way academically superior, but there is evidence of a negative impact. Kids' own occupational aspirations are going to be limited, and there could be long-term consequences where, for example, girls are used to being in roles only among other girls, then they have to face the real world where that's not the case."
Supporters of single-sex schools argue that boys' and girls' brains are wired differently, and therefore require different teaching styles to maximise education, but study authors note that neuroscientists have not found hard evidence that show differences in girls' and boys' different learning styles.
A 2010 study which compared two preschool classes. In one class, the teacher used gender-specific language to address the children. The other teacher did not. After just two weeks, the researchers reported that children who had the teacher using sex-specific language played less with children of the other sex. The kids also showed an increase in gender-specific stereotypes (i.e. boys played with trucks, girls with dolls).
Discrimination on the basis of gender in educational programs that receive federal funds, meaning students were no longer allowed to be rejected from gender seemingly-specific classes, like home economics or metal shop but several people still argue for gender separation in the classroom.
We know from the history of our country that separate is not equal. There's no reason to divide along the lines of biological sex.
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