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single sex classrooms coming to a u.s. school district near you?
o.k. maybe that title doesn't make sense to readers overseas, but nonetheless having a two year old who seems to be hurtling towards preschool and kindergarten tends to focus one's mind on educational issues, so it's interesting to see that the department of education has eased restrictions on single sex classrooms:""The research, though it's ongoing and shows mixed results, suggests that single-sex education can provide benefits to some students under certain circumstances," said Assistant Secretary of Education Stephanie Monroe, in a news briefing. She emphasized any single-sex environment would be voluntary, and an equivalent coeducational option would be available."as the article points out, research is inconclusive and perptetually problematics issues such as race and class will often play a larger role in predicting "achievement" than gender alone. but that doesn't mean that there aren't still tangible benefits for girls and boys particularly at younger ages when the differences in math and reading learning styles can be more easily addressed in single gender classrooms. [ via dangerousmeta ]
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