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16 Jan 15
Caroline HunsakerI. What are the Advantages of Single Sex Education
A. The Question
B. Background
C. The Research
D. The Right Setting for Your child
E. Three Reasons for Choosing a Single SEx School
F. Let Them Be Themselves
G. Academics
H. Socialization
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22 Oct 14
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Research shows that a girl's brain is different from a boy's brain
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This study was commissioned by the federal Department of Education and was released in 2005.
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This often is a good thing for boys as they mature later than girls.
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Boys tend to soften their competitive edge and become more collaborative in a single sex setting. They can just be boys and not worry about what the girls might think. Boys enjoying poetry and playing in an orchestra as opposed to a marching band are the kind of thing you will see in a boys' school.
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Girls drop their shyness and begin to take risks in a single sex setting. They become more competitive. They embrace sports like field hockey and soccer with gusto without worrying about appearing like tom boys.
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Boys participate in choirs and orchestras and learn Latin in single sex settings.
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Single sex education has a delightful way of encouraging children to be fearless, to be curious, to be enthusiastic - in short, to just be themselves.
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Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, has two distinct high schools operating under the same roof: one for boys, the other for girls. This is the co-institutional approach. St. Agnes and St. Dominic School in Memphis, Tennessee, blends its single sex education with co-educational depending on the grade level involved.
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28 Feb 14
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15 Dec 13
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Perhaps the most revealing research on single sex versus coeducation is Single-Sex Versus Coeducational Schooling: A Systematic Review. This study was commissioned by the federal Department of Education and was released in 2005. What were its conclusions? Basically it seems to conclude that there is not enough evidence to suggest single sex education is better than coeducation or vice-versa.
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Another national study from UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies claims to show that girls from single sex schools have an edge over their coed peers.
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Some children thrive in a single sex school. Why? For one thing, the social pressures can be gentler. Your child can grow at his own pace. This often is a good thing for boys as they mature later than girls.
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The conventional thinking thirty years ago was that coeducation would somehow break down gender stereotypes. But that didn't always happen. The proponents of single sex education argue that boys in coeducational settings are less likely to take courses in the arts or tackle advanced academic subjects simply to avoid being typecast as a nerd. Similarly girls avoid the sciences and technology subjects because they don't want to appear to be tomboys. Single sex schools are flourishing once again as parents realize that allowing their son or daughter to learn in his or her own individual way is a very important consideration in choosing a school.
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Let Them Be Themselves
Boys tend to soften their competitive edge and become more collaborative in a single sex setting. They can just be boys and not worry about what the girls might think. Boys enjoying poetry and playing in an orchestra as opposed to a marching band are the kind of thing you will see in a boys' school.
Girls drop their shyness and begin to take risks in a single sex setting. They become more competitive. They embrace sports like field hockey and soccer with gusto without worrying about appearing like tom boys.
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Academics
If the teacher understands how to teach girls, they will quickly feel comfortable exploring non-traditional subjects such as mathematics, advanced sciences, computers and technology, wood-working and so on. Boys participate in choirs and orchestras and learn Latin in single sex settings.
Children will break out of their stereotypical roles and behavior when they are left to their own devices. Single sex education has a delightful way of encouraging children to be fearless, to be curious, to be enthusiastic - in short, to just be themselves.
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Socialization
Children are subjected to an avalanche of pressures from every quarter to become adults before they are ready to do so. They grow up too quickly. Why not let them be children for a few more years? Single sex education with its gentler, more controlled social outlets is just the ticket for many children.
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Blended or Co-Institutional Schools
Many Roman Catholic schools offer their own unique approaches to single sex schooling by offering co-institutional or blended schooling. Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, has two distinct high schools operating under the same roof: one for boys, the other for girls. This is the co-institutional approach. St. Agnes and St. Dominic School in Memphis, Tennessee, blends its single sex education with co-educational depending on the grade level involved.
Compare the separate campus, the co-institutional and the blended schools. Any one approach might be right for your son or daughter. Boys' schools and girls' schools have many advantages to consider.
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13 Nov 13
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Research shows that a girl's brain is different from a boy's brain.
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Some children thrive in a single sex school. Why? For one thing, the social pressures can be gentler. Your child can grow at his own pace. This often is a good thing for boys as they mature later than girls.
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The faculty at single sex schools understand how their students learn. They adapt their teaching styles to those specific needs. There are other advantages as well. For example, since a single sex school is basically homogeneous, that simplifies planning events and activities as you only have to consider boys or girls as the case may be.
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The proponents of single sex education argue that boys in coeducational settings are less likely to take courses in the arts or tackle advanced academic subjects simply to avoid being typecast as a nerd.
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Similarly girls avoid the sciences and technology subjects because they don't want to appear to be tomboys.
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Boys tend to soften their competitive edge and become more collaborative in a single sex setting. They can just be boys and not worry about what the girls might think. Boys enjoying poetry and playing in an orchestra as opposed to a marching band are the kind of thing you will see in a boys' school.
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Girls drop their shyness and begin to take risks in a single sex setting. They become more competitive. They embrace sports like field hockey and soccer with gusto without worrying about appearing like tom boys.
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Children will break out of their stereotypical roles and behavior when they are left to their own devices. Single sex education has a delightful way of encouraging children to be fearless, to be curious, to be enthusiastic - in short, to just be themselves.
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15 Oct 13
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12 Jul 12
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16 May 12
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12 Apr 12
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19 Mar 12
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Your child's happiness is one of the most important factors in selecting a school. Equally important is finding a school with inspiring, gifted teachers. But we parents also need to consider three other factors: letting your child be herself, the teaching style and what's being taught and, finally, the socialization of our children.
Let Them Be Themselves
Boys tend to soften their competitive edge and become more collaborative in a single sex setting. They can just be boys and not worry about what the girls might think. Boys enjoying poetry and playing in an orchestra as opposed to a marching band are the kind of thing you will see in a boys' school.
Girls drop their shyness and begin to take risks in a single sex setting. They become more competitive. They embrace sports like field hockey and soccer with gusto without worrying about appearing like tom boys.
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11 Jan 12
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06 Aug 11
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some research seems to suggest that boys and girls learn in different ways. Research shows that a girl's brain is different from a boy's brain.
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28 Jul 11
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What are the advantages of single sex education? Is single sex education better than coeducation? What does available research have to say about the subject?
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30 Nov 10
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The faculty at single sex schools understand how their students learn. They adapt their teaching styles to those specific needs. There are other advantages as well. For example, since a single sex school is basically homogeneous, that simplifies planning events and activities as you only have to consider boys or girls as the case may be.
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29 Nov 10
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24 Nov 10
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For one thing, the social pressures can be gentler. Your child can grow at his own pace.
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The faculty at single sex schools understand how their students learn. They adapt their teaching styles to those specific needs.
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09 Dec 09
Brandon Ja good pro con
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