same sex school are good for education

Same Sex Schooling Is Best For Education. Children are the future. Why not give that future the best possible chance it can have? There is a devil lurking around our schools slaloming between our precious children and the name of that devil is Coed Education. The way we have been going about education in the United States is wrong. Same sex education is the best way to educate the next generation by providing a tailored curriculum and keeping students focused by eliminating the distractions of the opposite sex. Women have been unfairly treated in schools for years. Gender stereotypes have lead women to not pursue careers in the industries of math, science, and manufacturing. Same sex schooling corrects this problem. No longer would a girl feel awkward and in an AP science class or woodworking class because she would be surrounded by her fellow female peers who are in the same situation as her. Women’s colleges produce a large amount of graduates who go onto medical school or earn their doctorates in the sciences (Kaminer, 1998). There are those who say women’s entering these fields has little importance to the world as a whole, but in terms of gender equality women should have the ability to pursue any career she wishes regardless of what is considered appropriate for her gender. Research also shows that women tend to develop higher self-esteem in a same sex setting as well as having higher aptitude test scores and participating in class more. Women are not the only ones being hurt by being subjected to a coed curriculum that is not specifically set up for them. It is well known that males tend to develop at a slower rate than females, and when they are forced to adhere to a certain pace of learning their education suffers from it. In the United States, elementary school boys are 50% more likely to repeat a grade than girls and they drop out of high school a third more often. Boys tend to prefer learning based on visual processing and to not have the hand-motor control that girls tend to acquire at an early age (Gilbert, 2007). Research proves the great benefits that can be achieved by tailoring a student’s education around their gender. Stetson University released a study about proficiency scores on the FCAT exam. They concluded that boys and girls in coed schools scored an average of 37% and 59%, respectively, while boys and girls same sex schools scored 86% and 75%, respectively. Boys in particular receive the benefit from same sex schooling when it comes to FCAT scores. Sexism in schools exists, as much as we try to avoid it we can’t. Teachers tend to favor their own gender in classrooms by refusing to answer questions, giving stricter grades etc. We can’t allow this kind of sexism to affect our public school system. Same sex schools with same sex instructors will provide students with a greater level of support and comfort from the faculty. As an added benefit this would also greatly cut down on accusations of sexual harassment both involving teacher with students and student with other students. These kinds of problems have no place where preparing a future generation with education. Same sex schooling is the only way to properly educate the youth of the nation. Distractions from the opposite sex along with gender bias and stereotypes have made coed schooling fail. It’s time to get our education system on track. We need to make sure we are focusing on what is best for our children’s schooling because education is far too important to not take action.
Works Cited

Gilbert, M. (2007, September 20). Single-sex schools help children thrive. The Christian Science Monitor.

Kaminer, W. (1998, April). The Trouble With Single-Sex Schools. The Atlantic.

Cited: Gilbert, M. (2007, September 20). Single-sex schools help children thrive. The Christian Science Monitor. Kaminer, W. (1998, April). The Trouble With Single-Sex Schools. The Atlantic.