Actually, nobody knows for sure because the research is so poor and you can’t really compare private schools to the public experiments now taking place. But to date, single-sex schools have emerged as the only “solution” to the gender gaps. Here’s the debate in Pittsburgh. I have to credit Leonard Sax for being realistic about the single-sex option.
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