What are your feeling about having a school just for boys and one for the girls?
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As an educator, I have witnessed this environment in a middle school setting (single gender magnet). I think it is another way for parents to keep their kids from learning with the general population of students. As a mom, I would definitely want my boy to be interacting and learning with some females! Afterall, there are more secondary schools with heterogeneous populations than homogeneous populations. It's really a personal choice.
It depends would be my response. It is critical for a child in middle and high school, that you involve them in the process. My daughter had no desire to go to an all girls' school because she valued her male friends as well. Further, it is certainly a more realistic approach to the world. Know your child!
There's no one size fits all answer in education - I think having different kinds of schools and allowing families to choose between them would be great.
Here is a recent discussion that has over 30 replies on the same subject: community.greatschools.net/q-a
Hi confusedma,
I know since the 70s I've heard about schools that segregate the kids by gender, and I always hear about how great the results are.
Personally, I'm not interested, because I don't see anything so earth-shattering that the benefits would outweigh the costs. For instance, my daughter has more friends who are male than female, so she'd lose that. Secondly, I don't see a world that is separated by gender, so I'd hardly want to teach her that it's the norm. If she were to decide she wanted an all girls school down the road, I wouldn't be opposed, but I would want to know why she thought it was best for her.
But it's not my opinions that matter in a case like this, if this is something you're interested in, definitely check it out and then do a little research on your own. If your kids are old enough, make them part of the decision.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
I know since the 70s I've heard about schools that segregate the kids by gender, and I always hear about how great the results are.
Personally, I'm not interested, because I don't see anything so earth-shattering that the benefits would outweigh the costs. For instance, my daughter has more friends who are male than female, so she'd lose that. Secondly, I don't see a world that is separated by gender, so I'd hardly want to teach her that it's the norm. If she were to decide she wanted an all girls school down the road, I wouldn't be opposed, but I would want to know why she thought it was best for her.
But it's not my opinions that matter in a case like this, if this is something you're interested in, definitely check it out and then do a little research on your own. If your kids are old enough, make them part of the decision.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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