Education Booster or Bush Mistake?

Education Booster or Bush Mistake?

Bush is pushing to allow more choice for our students trapped in gov't schools. Of course, the teacher's unions and educrats are screaming bloody murder.

Single-Sex Schools Score Big Victory

Supporters of girls-only and boys-only schools also say evidence is mounting to indicate that boys and girls can learn better in such atmospheres. Carroll said girls can achieve more in non-traditional subjects like math and science. Boys, particularly those coming from disadvantaged families and with emotional problems, benefit from more focused, disciplined curricula. Both have positive results from stripping away social pressures of co-education.

“We found in our schools, in the last year and a half, tremendous differences where the boys and girls were learning because academically, we’ve been able to tailor to what their needs are,” he said. Brighter Choice runs two schools — one for boys and one for girls, from kindergarten through grade 10. The Brighter Choice schools have been receiving public money because they comply with the old Title IX rules.

Opponents of girls-only and boys-only schools say there is no hard evidence to suggest that separating the genders in school will help solve these problems. Currently, 24 publicly-funded girls-only and boys-only schools in the United States are subjects of educational studies that have yet to be concluded.