Advantages of Single Sex Schools

Three Reasons for Choosing a Single Sex School
Your child's happiness is one of the most important factors in selecting a school. Here are three reasons why a single sex school might prove to be the best choice for your son or daughter.
1. Competition
Boys tend to soften their competitive edge and become more collaborative in a single sex setting. They can just be 'boys' and not worry about what the 'girls' might think.
Girls drop their shyness and begin to take risks in a single sex setting. They become more competitive. They embrace sports like field hockey and soccer with gusto without worrying about appearing like tom boys.
2. Academics
Girls relax enough to feel comfortable exploring non-traditional subjects such as mathematics, advanced sciences, computers and technology, wood-working and so on. Boys participate in choirs and orchestras and learn Latin in single sex settings. These are just a few examples of how children will break out of their stereotypical roles and behavior when they are left to their own devices. Single sex education has a delightful way of encouraging children to be fearless, to be curious, to be enthusiastic - in short, to just be themselves.
3. Socialization
Boys have always felt a need to impress girls in the classroom. Girls usually feel as though the boys are always teasing them. Surely there is enough time in college and in later life to deal with social and other kinds of intercourse? I feel very strongly that children are subjected to an avalanche of pressures from every quarter to become adults before they are ready to do so. They grow up too quickly. Let them be children for a few more years. Single sex education with its gentler, more controlled social outlets is just the ticket for many children. Maybe it's right for your child.
Blended or Co-Institutional Schools
Many Roman Catholic schools offer their own unique approaches to single sex schooling by offering co-instituional or blended schooling. Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, has two distinct high schools operating under the same roof: one for boys, the other for girls. This is the co-institutional approach.St. Agnes and St. Dominic School in Memphis, Tennessee, blends its single sex education with co-educational depending on the grade level involved.
Compare the separate campus, the co-institutional and the blended schools. Any one approach might be right for your son or daughter.
ResourcesSingle Sex Schools From the National Association of State Boards of EducationHow Effective is Single Sex Teaching From Britain's National Literacy Trust.
Secretary Spellings Announces More Choices in Single Sex Education The Federeal Education Department moves with the times.
Single-Sex vs Coed: The Evidence From the National Association for Single Sex Public Education

Kennedy, Robert. "Why attend a single sex private school?" 2007.
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