In this case, it's girls' classroom, boys' classroom -- a public elementary school in the St. Louis area has been experimenting with single-sex education
and so far both parents and pupils seem pleased. At the Carman Trails
School boys and girls are offered the option of single-sex classrooms
starting in the first grade -- the program, now two years old, extends
to the third grade but it seems likely it will expand upward.
What do you think? Good educational idea, or just another accommodation to sexist ideas about gender?
Read More...
