All across the country there is a movement . . . to establish more single gender schools - . Boys and girls tend to have different styles of learning. Boys often dominate the classroom by competing to flaunt their knowledge or by creating disruptions.
Girls sometimes feel more comfortable with cooperative learning than individual competition. . . .
Each group is inevitably affected by the proximity of the other. Boys are apt to show off in one way or anoher to get the attention of girls, while girls may be reluctant to betray their intelligence lest they scare off boys. . . . Separate the sexes, and you largely eliminate these problems. Single Gender Education . . .