Our Model
The evidence is too strong to ignore. Boys and girls learn differently and benefit from single gender education. Some believe single gender schools have a detrimental impact on social growth. Our answer is a coeducational campus with single gender classrooms. At Barat, boys and girls interact regularly at morning announcements, lunch, Service Learning, school dances, and a host of other activities. However, when it comes to the classroom, they are single gender and our students are distracted less and participate more.
“Over the last decade, nationwide and internationally, a continued increase in the boy-girl literacy gap has caused schools to consider separating boys and girls in reading and writing classes. Likewise, the goal of helping girls be more successful in math, science, and technology has led to more girls-only classes in these subjects in both public and private schools. ”
“Paradoxically Sax says, gender-neutral education favors the learning style of one sex or the other and so only drives men and women into the usual stereotyped fields.”
Further Reading
We recommend reading the following articles for more detail on the current research of single gender education:
The Advantages of Single-Sex Education by Teresa A. Hughes, National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal Volume 23, Number 2, 2006-2007
Single-Sex vs. Co-ed: The Evidence, National Association for Single-Sex Public Education
Leonard Sax MD, PhD, Why Gender Matters
Michael Gurian, Boys and Girls Learn Differently