A Debate about Single-sex Schools

It is no secret that schools are always looking for new ways to improve and make their students shine. As students progress in school, the teachers give out more homework, the classes become more difficult, and the students themselves are faced with the decisions of which classes to take and how hard they want to push themselves. Boys and girls alike will choose their own future, and the school will try their hardest to push them in the right direction of life. Now, schools are becoming more keen to the idea of separating the students into single-gender classrooms. After doing so, the test scores of the students had become much higher, and the personalities of boys and girls alike grew to mature levels faster than students who were in coed classrooms.

Single sex schools also break down gender stereotypes (“Advantages”). In coed schools, typically boys tend to overshadow equally talented girls (Mullins). Boys tend act more assertively, aggressively, vying for the teacher’s attention in the classroom, whereas girls tend to participate less due to their subservient attitude in coeducation classrooms. (Hughes). The pressure of a male dominated class may pressure girls into giving up in class. In coed schools, both genders distract each other: The students worry more about how they look than their education (Hughes). In single sex schools, however, students focus more on school than on the opposite sex (Whelan). By separating the sexes, the temptation, embarrassment, and distraction go away. This allows both genders to explore nontraditional disciplines typically not seen in coed schools. Girls take more leadership roles in the classroom, and those who give up in coed classes participate more in single-sex classes (Schultz). Girls also pursue nontraditional disciplines in single sex schools (Mullins). Girls commonly

In her essay “ Single-Sex Schools: An Old Time Idea Whose Time Has Come,” Diane Urbina Argues that it would be more beneficial if we had single-sex schools. The myth is debunked is that boys and girls are restricted by nature in relation to what they can learn and how fast. Rather, their brain development is restricted, and so they can only learn so much in a certain time period. Boys learn literacy skills more slowly. Girls have trouble with math. Therefore, boys and girls who attend

Imagine that you were in a classroom full of your gender how would you feel? Well, if you feel that you're not ok with that well, In school year 2004-05 122 public schools offered single sex classes and 34 public schools were single sex classes mandatory according to “Old Tactic Gets New Use: Public Schools Separate Boys and Girls.” Article. Close to 70% of kids in single sex classes raised their math and reading scores in “Old Tactic Gets New Use: Public Schools Separate Boys and Girls.” Article. Although this may seem bad and shouldn't happen it's really not. Kids in single sex classes will have more of a chance to succeed than students in non single sex class because of most kids have no problem with this in their school, less discipline, and most of all higher grades.

In the article Fight Proposed Ban on Single-sex Schools by Christina Hoff Sommers, the Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School in Dallas, has garnered success as an all-girls school. The school has exceeded expectations by having students in grade 6-12, score exceptionally well compared to a majority of other public schools. Supporters of single sex schools feel that to enroll students into single sex education it’s by choice, not by force. They also feel that in a co-ed school setting gender stereotypes are intensified compare to same sex schools.

Did you know that single-sex classrooms are the worst classes ever? Over the past decade, single-gender classrooms have been opened in at least 230 schools in the rural, suburban, and the urban areas. Single-gender classrooms are classrooms where either young girls’ are in one class together, or young boys are in another class together. Single-sex classrooms were created because studies showed that boys and girls learn differently and they could benefit from being in a classroom with peers to whom they can relate. Since 2008, single-gender education has been the key to improved educational performance among boys and girls throughout the years. Today, gender differences among girls and boys are steadily rising in the classrooms they are in,

“Where is Andy? This is his second day absent”, Mr. James asked Jake at the beginning of class. “Oh Mr. James, Andy said he wants to drop out and start looking for a job because he knows one day he will find a wife who will have to cook and clean the house while he works. You know girls are not supposed to work Mr. James”, Jake remarked. Mr. James glanced to the right of the classroom and hears Steven and Christopher debating on the new disease girls have called the “cooties”. “Steven and Christopher you know there is no such thing as the cooties, right guys?” Mr. James implies. “But there is Mr. James. All of the boys around the school are talking about it and I am terrified to catch the cooties,” Christopher responds. “Billy wake up”, Mr. James directed during 5th grade language. “I’m so bored Mr. James. This all boy class is not the reason I will do well in school or pay attention. Where are the girls?” Billy replied. Based on the situation in Mr. James 5th grade class, should more American elementary school students be taught in single-sex classrooms? Single-sex classrooms are not the reason for academic success and will not be a good educational decision for our future generations, therefore, public schools should not establish single-sex classrooms. Even though some people say single-sex classrooms is a smart decision for education, it can cause extreme sexism and is not the true reason for academic success.

In more recent years, our educational system has faced challenges that are leading our country back into segregation. Single-sex education has resurfaced; jeopardizing the gains our ancestors fought so hard for. A few people believe that the biological make-up between genders is significantly different, that having coeducational classes is doing more harm than good. Conversely, there is no proven study that supports these claims; however studies have displayed the exact opposite. Separating genders within the educational system will only perpetuate and magnify

Until the 20th century, education in the United States was gender-specific. Coeducation progressively came into the American educational landscape in the late 1800s, and since that time, same-sex education primarily has been confined to exclusive and denominational schools. Beginning in 2002, after the No Child Left Behind Act was passed, single-sex education has been growing in popularity. According to the National Association for Single Sex Public Education, the United States has over 95 single-sex public schools and more than 445 public coed schools offer single-sex classrooms (Novotney, Amy). With the popularity on the rise, many questions have been asked as to whether this divide in the classroom is academically ailing to a child’s learning or if it is not. By examining the successes of single-sex classrooms, school districts and parent’s can more fully understand that single-sex classes can implement changes to enhance students learning abilities.

Same-Sex education harms children more than it helps students because students lose their collaboration skills with the opposite sex that is desperately needed later in life. Although single sex education may help break down stereotypes, schools should stick to coed because few educators are properly trained in gender specific teaching, gender differences in learning aren’t the same all around, and kids need to learn to coexist and work with the other sex.

Juliet Williams, UCLA Department of Gender Studies professor, calls out LAUSD for nonresponsive action to results that suggest sex segregated schools not only don’t improve students performances, but also stunts certain necessary social and learning abilities, in the Los Angeles Times article “What's wrong with single-sex schools? A lot.” She begins exposing underlying sexist and racist motivations for sex-separated schools and proceeds to explain that the segregation supports generalization about differences between the sexes, which Williams suggests is common among school practices. Williams continues, admitting that the schools provide opportunities for smaller class sizes as well as allow for “strong mentoring relationships”, although she finds fault with the overall lack of evidence that single-sex education improve student’s performances. Ultimately, the author is exposing injustices in single-sex education in the hopes of not only motivating LAUSD, but also educate parents in the hopes of gathering a larger concerned

Imagine a school classroom with commotion and people talking loudly. Most likely the picture was boys and girls, co learning in a classroom. Many people think this would be a normal classroom, but fortunately this has not always been the case. Classrooms have evolved greatly in the since of boys and girls gaining the “same and equal” education. With recent research and trials, this has been proven not to be the case. Single-gender education produces better results than coeducational classrooms.

Many schools across the country are now changing their average classrooms to “segregated” classes. Despite the students choice of being into a classroom like this there are still various controversial issues that cause chaos when people talk about single gender classrooms. Some  people believe single gender classrooms are beneficial to the students and some believe they are the worst thing man could have created but, both of those statements are very inaccurate. There are many downfalls for single classes one being the students will have a hard time socializing with the opposing gender

There are millions of schools throughout the world. America holds about 132, 656 schools alone. Majority of the schools in U.S. are coeducational. There are over 540 single-sex schools throughout the U.S. since 2010. However, new up to date studies have shown that separating males and females in school has lead to better overall test scores and career opportunities. Boys and girls should be taught in separate schools to improve educational performance. Coeducational schools do not have the time to focus in on areas that the students may struggle with. Single-sex education, along with scientific studies have found ways to assist in this issue. Unlike coeducational schools, students will have a better attention on the subject due to their

There have been many research reported that students are more focus on academic in single-sex schools. According to research analyzed by Haag , African American and Hispanic American students that attend single-sex Catholic Secondary schools scored higher on standardized tests than peers in co-educational schools. Girls and boys will always be different. In single-sex school, developmental paths of single-sex and the sex preference, capability and learning pattern are able to direct by the teachers (Starr 2002). Separate gender schools allow teachers to organize the classes’ size, classes’ environment and learning styles that fit the sex most perfectly. A survey carried out found