Where the Boys Arent Essay -- Education

Education in the United States was largely of the single-sex (SS) variety until the mid(prenominal) 1800s that single sex was male. Gradually, coeducational schools became the rule and the passage of Title IX of the Education Act of 1972 was a concrete step toward insuring that gender comparison would be the norm in all government-supported schools (Anfara & Mertens, 2008 Halpern et al., 2011 Johnson, 2004). A major diversity took place in 2001 when Congress passed the No Child Left tin Act of 2001 (NCLBA). An amendment to the act authorized school to use federal currency to create innovative programs including SS classes (Dee, 2006 Johnson, 2004). The amendment was co-sponsored or supported by five pistillate senators, namely, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Susan Collins, Barbara Mikulski (Johnson, 2004), and Diane Feinstein (Meyer, 2008) and approved unanimously by the Senate (Johnson, 2004). A reinterpretation of Title IX was issued in 2006 promulgati ng a set of federal guidelines under which SS classes would be legally permitted (Anfara & Mertens, 2008 Halpern et al., 2011 Johnson, 2004 Novotney, 2011 Rex & Chadwell, 2009). The next were required (a) be based on attaining a stated educational goal or providing diversity, (b) be wholly voluntary, (c) be implemented however handedly, (d) be substantially equal for both sexes, and (e) be reviewed at to the lowest degree biennially (Johnson, 2004 Rex & Chadwell, 2009). Since these changes have been implemented there has been a veritable fusillade of new SS classes implemented. As of the 2007-2008 school year, 97 SS public schools and 295 SS classes have been started (Billger, 2009). In South Carolina alone, the number of schools offering SS classes jumped from 30 in 200... ... K., & Smith, M. (2005). Single-sex versus coeducational reading A Systematic Review (2005-01). Retrieved from U. S. Department of Education http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/ diagnose/opepd/reports.htm lMeyer, P. (2008). Learning separately The case for single-sex schools. Education Next, 8(1), 11-21. Retrieved from www.educationnext.org/learning-separately/Novotney, A. (2011). Coed versus single-sex ed. Monitor on Psychology, 42(2). Retrieved from http//www.apa.org/ reminder/2011/02/coed.aspxRex, J., & Chadwell, D. (2009). Single-gender classrooms. The School Administrator, 66(8), 28-33. Retrieved from http//www.aasa.orgWolfgang, B. (2011, September 2). Boys in one class, girls in another at more schoolsSingle-sex option grows, but some still skeptical. The Washington quantify , p. 7. Retrieved from http//www.lexisnexis.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/