PRO SINGLE SEX EDUCATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Education
• History
• Effects
• Experiences
• Conclusion

EDUCATION

• Boys and girls are good at different subjects.
• Teachers like single sex classrooms
• Boost test/quiz grades
• http://www.nea.org/tools/17061.htm

HISTORY

• 19th century
• Mandated in the Soviet union
• only a few countries have greater than 1 or 2% single sex schools.
• The United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Korea
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-sex_education

EFFECTS

• Paying attention/Participation
• Decreases distractions in learning
• Provides more positive student role models
• creates a feeling of safety and a sense of mutual respect.

MY EXPERIENCE

• Freshman year was the best year
• Sophomore was the worst
• To many changes
• (Water bottle fights, race wars, stampedes)

Conclusion

Having the opportunity to attend a single sex school was a great experience. I'd do it again if I had the chance. Maybe in the future if our schools enrollment goes up they would consider going back to single sex classrooms.