They are the ranking scholars, the leaders of student government, the editors of the school papers, the stars of the plays, and the captains of teams.
Girls are the ones with their hands up, asking questions, stating opinions, being heard.
They are intellectually curious, serious about their studies, and achieve more. In fact, girls in single-sex schools take math and science courses at double the national average, and do better in physics and calculus. At a time in the life cycle when pressures of gender socialization are building, girls' schools and women's colleges function as a liberated zone. If too many coeducational classrooms are places where boys will be boys and girls will be girls, all-female classrooms are places where girls stand a better chance of getting to be people. At Albany Academy for Girls, our teachers are experts in the education of girls.