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    Should Single Sex Schools Be Allowed? Having single-sex schools is a practice that has been around the nineteenth century separating male and female students which practically aims towards secondary education and higher education. Many ideas of single-sex education are advocated on the basis of tradition. It is said that it helps students achieve more academically based on several educational researches, but should high schools be separated by a single sex? I mean single sex schooling is not a magic

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    private schools for a while, but is just now being pushed to public schools. There are many pros and cons to both sides, but even though single gender classes do have some merits, co education helps development, leaves students with the same grades, and is much easier to operate. Co education helps develop minds and brains more. Many leaders and proponents of single sex schools claim that isolating genders helps the mind grow more, but this is a blatant lie. In a Washington Post article, “the idea that

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    Student: Zhenyi Lin Course: ENG 108 Professor: Gabriele Bechtel Date: 12/7/2011 Single Gender Schools are Better According to my personal experience, based on the fact I saw, I think, single-sex schools are inferior to traditional coeducation schools. Even though I used to think that traditional coeducation is better, and it is able to provide opportunities for girls and boys to communicate and exchange ideas. I argue that teaching students separately is detrimental, and even harmful to students

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    Are there benefits to attending a single-sex school? “If you want your daughter to be a high-flying businesswoman or banker, send her to a single-sex school.” (The Guardian online) New research concludes consistency in relationship between gender and education styles. Single gender classes perform better when separated in their pre-teens. It is not only the religious aspect of education; it is a proven fact that girls and boys learn differently. They have different physical and emotional needs to

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    first is assigning students in single-sex school and the other one is allocating them in single-sex classes in co-ed

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    brains work differently. Before the 19th century, single-sex schooling was common. Why two centuries later we are trying to re-establish this tradition? Michael Gurian 's underlines the importance of single-sex learning and supports the creation and implementation of new strategies for accommodating the brain differences of boys and girls. In his book, he provides an abundant amount of examples that prooves beneficial effect of single-sex education. Among many other outcomes, Gurian mentions "less

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    There is a long history of single-sex schooling, in which males and females attend specific classes or schools only with members of their same sex. This separation of genders may be done for educational purposes or in combination with other factors, such as social interactions that occur between male and female students. There is some support for the idea that single-sex schooling can be beneficial, especially for outcomes related to academic achievement and more positive academic aspirations (Lee

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    Single sex schools, a highly controversial topics on all aspects of the academic and psychological field. Attending a single sex school affects girls, and boys differently as these schools adjust accordingly by basing their methods and practices off of recent experiments and surveys. Hidden behind the blurring lines of the boring and distasteful downfall of single sex schools are the uptick in student minds that these administrations manipulate to enhance one 's learning experience. In this great

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    Jordan Jackson 04/18/17 Are Single-Sex Schools really the way to go? ENGL- 10300 Single Sex Schools VS. Coed The issue that is being discussed is whether or not it is more beneficial for high school students to go to single-sex schools or coed schools. 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

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    Are Single Sex Schools the Right Choice? In August of 2015 Katie Hallik was doubting being in school. She asked her parents if she could be homeschooled but both of her parents worked and they didn’t have time. For the next few days she was trying so hard to get her parents to budge but nothing worked. She had finally found out about single sex schools. “As soon as I read a little bit about a single sex school, I called my parents” states Hallik. She once felt like she had no other option, but

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