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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Single-sex classrooms make a comeback

In Foley, Alabama, the Foley Intermediate School began offering separate classes for boys and girls, after the school's principal, Lee Mansell, read a book by Michael Gurian titled, "Boys and Girls Learn Differently!" Soon thereafter, Ms. Mansell read an article by Leonard Sax which discussed his thoughts on how teaching boys differently would improve the test scores of minority boys.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/magazine/02sex3-t.html?ref=education

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