The issue of same-sex classrooms has been controversial since the U.S. Department of Education cleared the way for them in 2006. Now UCLA researchers have conducted a study of female college freshmen who graduated from either a private all-girls high school or a private coeducational (mixed) high school. They found that the students from the all-girls school
"enter college slightly more academically and politically engaged than women from similar backgrounds who attended coeducational private schools. Girls' schools also produce alumnae who possess more confidence in their mathematical and computer skills, and are more likely to desire careers in engineering. They also had higher SAT scores."The LBUSD recently dropped its same-gender classroom experiment at Jefferson Middle School. The school's principal at that time said there was no clear evidence that same-gender classes had led to improvement. Also the single-sex arrangement restricted the scheduling of classes and made the appropriate academic placement of students more difficult, district officials said.
Kelly Puente joined the Press-Telegram in 2006 as an editorial assistant and eventually worked her way up to general assignement reporter. Over the years, she’s covered everything from crime and breaking news to human interest and the cities of Bellflower and Cerritos. Kelly is a Long Beach resident and graduate of Cal State Long Beach. She’s new to the education beat and is looking for great stories.
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