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Single-sex education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Single-sex education ( SSE ) is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools. The practice was predominant befor...
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Critics of same-sex classrooms argue that proven methods of improving education should be pursued instead of one that divides boys and girls. Separating boys and girls is tantamount to "separate but equal" segregation-era classrooms, they say.
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they should only look boys in the eyes when disciplining them; girls should not have time limits on tests or be put under stress because unlike boys, girls' brains cannot function well under these conditions; ... Rather than offering choice, sex-segregated programs limit the education of both boys and girls.
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Samantha Jaggernauth - student: `Well, the girls take their education more seriously because they know that when you have education it's much easier to get a job. Boys on the other hand believe that they can do anything and they don't need any education. ... Separate classes for boys and girls What the People say about...
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If you've been paying attention to the education news lately, you know that American boys are in crisis. After decades spent worrying about how schools "shortchange girls,"1 the eyes of the nation's education commentariat are now fixed on how they shortchange boys.
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After decades spent worrying about how schools “shortchange girls,”1 the eyes of the nation’s education commentariat are now fixed on how they shortchange boys.
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There's a public school in Alabama where little girls and boys are separated. The girls' classroom walls are yellow, the boys' blue. The girls' room temperature is kept at 75, the boys' at 69. The girls do a "tidy" science experiment with blue and red colored oil and water; ... Teaching Boys And Girls Separately [NY Times]
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