Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Single-Sex Classes Offering Benefits

School districts will soon have the option to separate boys and girls. On November 24th, the Bush administration will let them create gender-specific classes, and even entire schools.
However, critics say separate isn't always equal.

Teachers in Edwardsburg, Michigan, say they just started the program in September, but they've already seen a difference in how students learn. They have so many parents interested in same-sex classes for their kids, there's actually a waiting list to get in. While the girls do alphabet aerobics in one room, boys are hard at work doing pumpkin math and playing with clay in another room. Both groups are at Edwardsburg Primary School, but their classes are same sex.
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