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Can Separate Ever Be Equal

Can Separate Ever Be Equal

Just recently , Title IX , the law that pertains to the prohibition of gender discrimination in federally funded schools , was modified . It once prohibited single-sex public school classes in the entire nation , unless inequality is documented inside a coed classroom . Now , with the amendment initiated by the Bush administration , single-sex classes and public schools are allowed

With this major change in American education , activists and feminists suddenly became concerned again . The gender discrimination laws that they had fought for , have won , and are protecting for so long

is now being threatened . They all fear that gender discrimination will happen all over again . With the government removing the restrictions on single-sex education , it might not be long that the education given to boys will , over time , become far more superior to the ones given to girls , or vice versa

But Stabiner thinks otherwise . She stated that some students , girls more particularly , could actually benefit from a single-sex education system . She stated that girls are psychologically different from boys and as such , they require a different method of teaching in to unmask each student 's full academic potential . In a research conducted gender plays a big role why remedial reading classes are mostly composed of boys and why most girls don 't do well on math subjects . She stated that a boy 's brain works differently to that of a girl 's . And if the innate philosophy and culture of boys and girls are individually applied in education , better graduates are produced

Although Stabiner is right on this one thing , I believe that her views cannot be absolutely correct if the whole picture is considered . The development of intelligence and the proper way of enriching one 's knowledge depends on many aspects . While single-sex education could be effective to girls who find it hard to cope in mixed-gender classes there are girls who don 't find single-sex classrooms and classes mentally stimulating . As a result , even if they are intellectually capable to excel in their schoolwork , their social and personal interrelationships with others students are not encouraged , resulting to poor performance . Therefore for me , the establishment of single-sex educational system has it own advantages and disadvantages . We cannot outwardly say whether it is good or bad - we can only work to make the scale leveled

And so I propose that the way to determine whether or not a student should enter a single-sex learning institution has to be analyzed and decided by the student 's parents , teachers , and counselor . A student 's entry to single-sex schools should be regulated by the government and that the application has to be endorsed by a competent psychologist and the school administration . I would also suggest single-sex schools should be established far and between . This would ensure that there would be no room for unscrupulous individuals to abuse the system and the law

Because single-sex education systems are proven to be good to some students , we should not take away their...

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