| There are many studies that both support and | | | | How can simply sitting in an Atlanta public schools' |
| denounce the practice of single-gender schools. For | | | | class with all boys or all girls improve performance? |
| many years, colleges and universities were all divided | | | | Well, there's the obvious; if there are no boys in your |
| based on gender. Throughout history, boys were able | | | | Atlanta Schools' class (or girls), you are less likely to |
| to receive formal schooling, while girls were expected | | | | be concerned with your appearance, flirting, who is |
| to remain at home and learn both the domestic arts | | | | dating who or if your make-up looks right. For |
| as well as the finer skills of catching a husband. | | | | another thing, when students are sitting in class with |
| Single-gender schools fell out of popularity in the | | | | everyone who is the same gender as they are, they |
| 1970s but are enjoying a resurgence in this century. | | | | are more likely to think outside of the box. Literally. |
| Many people - Atlanta Schools educators and parents | | | | Whether we want to admit it or not, there is gender |
| alike - believe that sending their children to a | | | | stereotyping going on every single day in Atlanta |
| single-gender school will ensure that they will receive | | | | Schools that are coed. It's pretty much unavoidable, |
| the best possible Atlanta Schools education. | | | | even though many Atlanta Schools teachers and |
| Is this true? Well, many people believe so. The | | | | staff are cognizant of the problem and try to avoid |
| benefits of receiving an Atlanta Schools education at | | | | it. For some reason, our brains naturally assume that |
| a single-gender location are: | | | | boys are going to be better and more interested in |
| - they improve student performance | | | | math and science, and that girls are better equipped |
| - they significantly increase graduation rates | | | | for language and fine arts. In reality, both girls and |
| - they produce a higher number of students who | | | | boys have the capabilities to excel in all of these |
| attend college | | | | areas, but often succumb to what is socially |
| These are all admirable claims. Let's look at them a | | | | expected of them instead of following their hearts |
| little more closely. | | | | (and minds) towards learning about what's most |
| Single-gender Atlanta Schools Improve Student | | | | interesting to them. |
| Performance | | | | |