Separate is not Equal Once it is time to send your daughter to school, parent’s are faced with the dilemma of either sending their child to a single sex school or a coeducational school. There has been much controversy in to the study of whether or not a single-sex education system would be more beneficial to today’s children, and question that are often raised include; Are girls more concerned with their looks and actions then class work?, Do girls get the same education?, and How can the schools be equal and legal? This essay argues that a coeducational school environment will have the best impact on the young women’s life, and closely examine the subject from a legal perspective. (Bring up title 9 and give examples.) Single-Sex schools
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The No-Child Left Behind Act is what has allowed the beginning of schools such as this and Brown states, “It made a drastic change in American public policy by allowing for sex segregation in public schools—as long as it is voluntary, students are provided a substantially equal …show more content…
Kelsey Chapple, writer in the Texas Law Review, states, “I argue that in light of the psychological research exposing the effects of segregation on our natural biases, sex-segregated schooling inherently promotes sex stereotyping and is therefore unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.” (1) Female students would be faced with many key parts of an education missing most importantly gaining friendships with males and learning how to work and do their adult lives with boys. These young women will go from thirteen years of being only around women to immediately having to adapt to being around boys as well. Chapple includes in her note, “the American Association of University Women released a report entitled How Schools Shortchange Girls that documented systemic discrimination against girls in public schools, ranging from sex bias in curriculum, to lack of attention paid by instructors, sexual harassment of girls, and classroom activities that appealed only to boys.” (22) This research is one of the core reasons for the creation of a separated learning environment, and made a case for girls and boys having different learning styles. However, recent research has highlighted that, “Boys think they are more competent in the areas of math and sports, while girls think they are more competent in music and reading. Boys aspire to jobs
The No-Child Left Behind Act is what has allowed the beginning of schools such as this and Brown states, “It made a drastic change in American public policy by allowing for sex segregation in public schools—as long as it is voluntary, students are provided a substantially equal …show more content…
Kelsey Chapple, writer in the Texas Law Review, states, “I argue that in light of the psychological research exposing the effects of segregation on our natural biases, sex-segregated schooling inherently promotes sex stereotyping and is therefore unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.” (1) Female students would be faced with many key parts of an education missing most importantly gaining friendships with males and learning how to work and do their adult lives with boys. These young women will go from thirteen years of being only around women to immediately having to adapt to being around boys as well. Chapple includes in her note, “the American Association of University Women released a report entitled How Schools Shortchange Girls that documented systemic discrimination against girls in public schools, ranging from sex bias in curriculum, to lack of attention paid by instructors, sexual harassment of girls, and classroom activities that appealed only to boys.” (22) This research is one of the core reasons for the creation of a separated learning environment, and made a case for girls and boys having different learning styles. However, recent research has highlighted that, “Boys think they are more competent in the areas of math and sports, while girls think they are more competent in music and reading. Boys aspire to jobs