Professor Sicroff
English 101, Section M03
February 18, 2009
Same-sex education
After WWI and WWII the segregation of sexes in school and work places has been protested by woman. The passing of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity, opening the doors for co-education and soon almost wiping out single-sex schools. A percentage of single-sex schools caused a controversy between single-sex education and co-education as to which one is most profitable.
Malacova, Eva, a writer of many articles and journals on education says co-education is not the best solution for students although, in the United States, single sex schools have almost disappeared after Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was passed. A study was performed on students in single-sex co-educational schools. This information was obtained from the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) involving 3959 schools and 497,161 students ranging from fourteen to sixteen years old. Data and graphs collected from (AQA) show that both boys and girls do better in single-sex schools compared to co-educational schools.
Anfara Jr., Vincent and Mertens, Steven, writers of the article, “Do Single-Sex Classes and Schools Make a Difference?” say that single-sex schools mainly benefit those with specific needs or disabilities. According to Tyack and Hansot (1990) and Hawtry (1986), co-education became dominant over single-sex education because combined schools coast less than separate schools.
The authors of both studies agree that SS education can improve academic performance. Malacova argues that nearly every student will perform better in SS schools while Anfara and Meretens state that only students with learning problems or disabilities will benefit significantly from SS education.
From the obtained research most will say that co-educational schools offer the best education. Others argue that performance of students in SS schools is better. The Department of Education, in the United States, allows communities to have the opportunity to decide if they want to offer SS classes. Some students are capable of working under almost any circumstance there for not allowing those to attend co-educational schools would be pointless.
References
MLA
(Modern Language Assoc.)
Works Cited
Malacova, Eva. "Effect of single-sex education on progress in GCSE." Oxford Review of Education 33.2 (May 2007): 233-259. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 Feb. 2009.
MLA
(Modern Language Assoc.)
Works Cited
Anfara Jr., Vincent A., and Steven B. Mertens.. "Do Single-Sex Classes and Schools Make a Difference?." Middle School Journal 40.2 (Nov. 2008): 52-59. Education Research Complete. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 Feb. 2009.
Malacova, Eva, a writer of many articles and journals on education says co-education is not the best solution for students although, in the United States, single sex schools have almost disappeared after Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was passed. A study was performed on students in single-sex co-educational schools. This information was obtained from the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) involving 3959 schools and 497,161 students ranging from fourteen to sixteen years old. Data and graphs collected from (AQA) show that both boys and girls do better in single-sex schools compared to co-educational schools.
Anfara Jr., Vincent and Mertens, Steven, writers of the article, “Do Single-Sex Classes and Schools Make a Difference?” say that single-sex schools mainly benefit those with specific needs or disabilities. According to Tyack and Hansot (1990) and Hawtry (1986), co-education became dominant over single-sex education because combined schools coast less than separate schools.
The authors of both studies agree that SS education can improve academic performance. Malacova argues that nearly every student will perform better in SS schools while Anfara and Meretens state that only students with learning problems or disabilities will benefit significantly from SS education.
From the obtained research most will say that co-educational schools offer the best education. Others argue that performance of students in SS schools is better. The Department of Education, in the United States, allows communities to have the opportunity to decide if they want to offer SS classes. Some students are capable of working under almost any circumstance there for not allowing those to attend co-educational schools would be pointless.
References
MLA
(Modern Language Assoc.)
Works Cited
Malacova, Eva. "Effect of single-sex education on progress in GCSE." Oxford Review of Education 33.2 (May 2007): 233-259. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 Feb. 2009
MLA
(Modern Language Assoc.)
Works Cited
Anfara Jr., Vincent A., and Steven B. Mertens.. "Do Single-Sex Classes and Schools Make a Difference?." Middle School Journal 40.2 (Nov. 2008): 52-59. Education Research Complete. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 Feb. 2009
Andrey - you're supposed to submit this in word-processed form -- preferably as an email attachment.
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