More public schools splitting up boys, girls

[lumberjack_jeff]

8. The feminist case for SS classrooms is that is has been shown to increase girls test scores 30%.

Education deals with the aggregate. Approaches which improve outcomes generally are worth being tried.

Also, single sex schools are not what is being discussed.

Equally damaging gender stereotypes are reinforced by modern educational methods, and is in large part responsible for poor outcomes.

http://www.singlesexschools.org/adgirls.html

The advantages of single-sex education for girls fall into three categories:
(i) expanded educational opportunity, (ii) custom-tailored learning and instruction and (iii) greater autonomy, especially in heterosexual relationships. Let's look at each of these categories. ...

...Bettina Hannover and Ursula Kessels RANDOMLY assigned 401 8th-grade students either to single-gender classrooms or to coed classrooms to study physics, for one year. At the end of the year, they found that girls who had been randomly assigned to the all-girls classroom were more engaged in physics, and less likely to regard physics as a "boys' subject," compared to girls who had been randomly assigned to the coed classroom...

...First a few disclaimers. When you participate in one of our NASSPE training events or conferences, you'll hear our trainers emphasize that any statement which begins with the presenter saying "GIRLS LEARN THIS WAY AND BOYS LEARN THAT WAY" is almost sure to be false! There's lots of variation WITHIN sexes. That's one reason why single-sex education creates such amazing opportunities -- precisely BECAUSE of the variation within sexes. In the coed classroom, the process of 'gender intensification' (see above) kicks in so strongly, that the girls can easily get the idea that "any girl who likes computers is a weirdo or a geek." In the all-girls classroom, the girl who likes computers will find much greater freedom to express herself and pursue her interests.