Single sex schools are good for education

This will be funHigher GradesThis is the most obvious contention for this and possibly the only one I need for this debate. We are debating about the positive results on grades and scores. Social factors such as how they interact with other children are not a part of this debate. This is strictly about the effect it has on education. Let us start by looking at some studiesThe University of Pennsylvania recently conducted two studies on this topic. Due to federal law and restrictions, they traveled over seas to start the first study. It took place in Korea. " In the first study, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania traveled to Seoul South Korea, because in Seoul, students are RANDOMLY assigned either to single-gender or to coed high schools. The assignment is truly random, and compulsory. Students cannot "opt out" of either the single-gender format or the coed format. This policy of random assignment was instituted in 1974 specifically to prevent clustering of students from particular backgrounds at particular schools. In recent decades, many Korean school districts have loosened the policy and they now allow parents to express preferences or to "opt out" of particular schools. But not in Seoul. In Seoul, it's still a true random assignment with no opt-out. "[1]The results were impressive. " What were the results? Girls attending girls' schools were significantly more likely to attend a 4-year college compared with girls attending coed schools (Cohen's d = 0.5, p < 0.01). Likewise, boys who graduated from boys' schools were significantly more likely to attend a 4-year college compared with boys who graduated from coed schools (Cohen's d = 0.8, p < 0.01). " [1]All the students that attended non co ed classes show higher grades and were more likely to graduate college. Let's also look at F-Cat proficiencyboys in coed classes: 37% scored proficientgirls in coed classes: 59% scored proficientgirls in single-sex classes: 75% scored proficientboys in single-sex classes: 86% scored proficient. [1]Researchers at Cambridge also compiled similar studies and found the same results to be true. Students are not distracted as much by the other gender and can focus more , almost all the time yielding higher test scores. We can even look at some shocking cases in where single sex schools have proved to increase scores. Take a look at this case" Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy boasts of some remarkable statistics: In 2006, only 4 percent of the inaugural freshman class at the school — a public all-male, predominantly black high school located in one of the city’s most beleaguered neighborhoods — could read at grade level. Yet in May, 100 percent of the school’s seniors had been accepted to four-year colleges or universities, many on full academic scholarships. " [2]Basically at freshman year almost no one could read properly, and by the time they graduated they broke state levels and 100 percent of the senior class was accepted into a four year college. ConclusionMy adversary has a very hard stance to take up. I could cite hundreds of studies to show how well single sex schools do in comparison and studies vs co ed schools. Almost always the results lean in favor of single sex education. This is almost an empirical fact. [1] . http://www.singlesexschools.org...[2] . https://www.apa.org...