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"NASSPE: Home Introduction." NASSPE: Home Introduction. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
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Alyson Jeeves
Acc ELA 8 P.3
10/10/13
Single Sex Instruction For a long time, schools have been debating on whether schools should provide for single sex instruction. People argued with different facts/opinions to see what was right and what was wrong. Yet, they still have no answer for this topic. Some schools provide for single sex education, but why don’t all schools provide it too? There are many different answers for that question that still remains. All these facts depend on different peoples’ opinions. That’s why there are positive and negative aspects on why schools should provide for single sex instruction. Some positives on whether schools should provide single sex instruction would be that “Girls who attend single-sex schools are more likely to participate in competitive sports than are girls at coed schools” (www.singlesexschools.org). You know how people say that girls are smarter than boys? That’s probably not true, but according to www.singlesexschools.org, single sex schools remove those fake/false statements. In addition, single sex school girls break down gender stereotypes. Girls at single-sex schools are more likely to participate in computer science and technology and girls. In addition, both boys and girls receive better grades and test scores, so they won’t fail (www.singlesexschools.org). In my opinion, some boys are afraid of showing their true side in front of girls because they’re embarrassed. Boys in single sex schools are more likely to join art, music, drama, and/or foreign languages; not including that both boys and girls have more choices to pursue their own interests and abilities than in coed classes (www.singlesexschools.org). Some people can disagree on whether schools should provide for single sex instruction. Some negative



Cited: www.singlesexschools.org. NASSPE: National Association for Choice in Education. 10 Oct. 2013 www.nea.org. , American University professors Myra Sadker and David Sadker. 1993. Web. 10 Oct. 2013

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