Reply #123: I have very mixed emotions on this. [View All]

[DuaneBidoux]

Perhaps giving parents an option would be a good idea.

I am a teacher and I can tell you without question that going into middle school the presence of the opposite sex is an incredible distraction. I have an honest feeling that many things would become considerably better with single gender classrooms. I wouldn't at all be surprised if teen pregnany fell quite a bit. It is also true that there is indeed a general difference in learning styles between girls and boys and there is some evidence that separate education helps the academic performance of both genders.

Of course this sets off a red flag for most conservatives, and I think that we must be careful. I guess my solution for this is, again, to give parets the choice.