PLN #9

Tyler Aikens
Buchwald 1st Hour
English 9

The article, “Single Sex Schools” written by Lise Eliot and R. Campbell, reveals to us the ups, the downs, the opinions, and the facts about what a single-sex school can do to the results of a student’s academic career.

“Single Sex Schools” written by R. Campbell and Lise Eliot, identifies the key outcomes of a single gender academic environment. In 2005, a group called the ACLU set on a quest across 15 for the answer to a question that all schools ask. What is better? a normal academic environment, or a single gender environment? In my opinion, I believe that we should keep our schools the way that they are, and not change the classrooms by taking away the other gender that seem to cause too many “distractions.” Also, the ACLU also found that girls who were placed in a single gender classroom excelled, but these were the same students that were also excelling in their previous grades and teachings. As for the boys, their results lagged. If anything, their grades dropped and we actually found out that with higher “doses” of girls in the classroom, came higher grades. Components and results of this quest show us that the right way to go for successful education in America is to keep multi-gender classroom environments.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203406404578075533343990760.html