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