Single-Sex Schools The National Association for Single-Sex Public Education estimates that approximately 400 public schools offer some type of single-sex education (Stanberry). Single-sex schools have been around since the 10th century, so this is not a new concept, but has educators looked at what single-sex schools promote. Some believe single-sex schools promote a better education; many see it as a hindrance to children as they get older and enter the real world. Single-sex schools promote learning that they believe benefits boys or girls only by gender. They don’t stop to realize that what may work for one boy may not work for the others. By not allowing them to experience and learn to function around all genders we are hindering their growth as they become adults and have to enter the real world and work alongside the opposite sex.
Melinda Anderson stated :Defenders of same-sex schools hold fast to the belief that girls and boys benefit from separate academic instruction,” in her article "The Resurgence of Single-Sex Education." Some believe single-sex schools to be beneficial, that they keep down distractions and …show more content…
Studies have not shown to benefit girls or boys whom have learned in a single-sex setting. Lisa Eliot stated that Mr. Jackson’s findings seem to stereotype girls. By saying that a few schools had higher grades for some girls that all girls benefit from single-sex education. (Zubrzychi, 12) Studies also have not shown the long-term effects and benefits of single-sex education. There has been no research on the benefit of a single-sex education later in life. “No one knows enough about who it is good for and who it is not good for,” says Fred A. Mael, a researcher at the American Institute for Research. So to say single-sex education can benefit a child later in life is false, there is no research on how adults who attended single-sex courses fared after school. (White,
Melinda Anderson stated :Defenders of same-sex schools hold fast to the belief that girls and boys benefit from separate academic instruction,” in her article "The Resurgence of Single-Sex Education." Some believe single-sex schools to be beneficial, that they keep down distractions and …show more content…
Studies have not shown to benefit girls or boys whom have learned in a single-sex setting. Lisa Eliot stated that Mr. Jackson’s findings seem to stereotype girls. By saying that a few schools had higher grades for some girls that all girls benefit from single-sex education. (Zubrzychi, 12) Studies also have not shown the long-term effects and benefits of single-sex education. There has been no research on the benefit of a single-sex education later in life. “No one knows enough about who it is good for and who it is not good for,” says Fred A. Mael, a researcher at the American Institute for Research. So to say single-sex education can benefit a child later in life is false, there is no research on how adults who attended single-sex courses fared after school. (White,