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Public Education: Issues Involving Single-Gender Schools and Programs

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 28, 1996
Report No. HEHS-96-122
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Summary:

A host of legal and educational issues surround proposals for single-sex classes in the public schools. These issues involve the legality of single-gender programs, the effectiveness of such programs in promoting desired educational outcomes, and the desirability of using these programs to achieve such goals as fostering improved academic and social performance among boys and teaching mathematics to girls in a nonthreatening setting. Some public elementary and secondary schools have recently offered single-sex classes or programs in a coeducational setting. However, some of these programs have been terminated or modified to not exclude anyone on the basis of gender because federal or state officials believed that the programs violated federal or state laws. School districts that have such programs could face lawsuits.

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