Single Sex Education

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School Choice & Charters Opinion I Beg to Differ...
Note: This is a guest post by Darryl Williams, principal of the Brighter Choice Charter Schools for Boys' elementary and middle school programs in Albany, New York.
Richard Whitmire, November 4, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Join the Debate on Single Sex Education
The New York Times is running a forum on single sex education, pegged to the Science article calling the rationale behind the movement "pseudoscience." All the major players were invited to join in.
Richard Whitmire, October 18, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Single Sex School Debate Back in the News
Update: Single sex dealt a legal setback in Louisiana.
Richard Whitmire, October 13, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Single Sex Debate: Day 3
David Chadwell posts an interesting question: If gender differences are routinely researched in the medical community, why not among educators?
Richard Whitmire, September 28, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Pushback Against the Pushback
Advocates for single sex schooling, both educators and parents, are making their argument.
Richard Whitmire, September 27, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Chadwell on the Science Article Debate
Given that single sex schools appear to be the only policy solution currently on the table to stabilize the academic aspiration plateau we've seen among boys, the debate over the science -- or lack of science -- behind separating the sexes is an important one.
Richard Whitmire, September 26, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Leonard Sax Responds to the Science Article
Sax was singled out in the piece, which portrayed the logic behind single sex education as 'pseudoscience.'
Richard Whitmire, September 24, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Impact of Science article on Single Sex
This article could shift the debate on single sex education, which over the past several years has enjoyed wide support among educators. Due mostly to the declining academic performance of boys, school districts have been ramping up their single sex offerings. The strategy is based on the conventional wisdom that boys and girls learn in very different ways -- a notion that has come under increasing fire.
Richard Whitmire, September 23, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Single Sex Education as 'Pseudoscience'
That's the argument that Pink Brain, Blue Brain author Lise Eliot and coauthors make in Science. Here's a podcast version.
Richard Whitmire, September 22, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Disappearing Male Teachers an International Issue
Interesting piece in Time about worries in France about boys falling behind in school. Is it due to the disappearing male teacher?
Richard Whitmire, September 15, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Where Boys Can Be Boys
Interesting profile of a new boys school in Calgary. I especially like the description of the library:
Richard Whitmire, September 1, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion No Differences Between Girls and Boys?
That's the conclusion of a new book, The Truth About Girls and Boys, written by 'boy troubles' skeptics Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett.
Richard Whitmire, August 28, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Single Sex Working in Pittsburgh
Westinghouse High School in one of Pittsburgh's toughest neighborhoods. Some classes are co-ed.
Richard Whitmire, August 25, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Toledo Boys Academy Succeeding
A year ago, the MLK Academy for Boys was nearly shut down.
Richard Whitmire, August 25, 2011
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