The boys and girls classes are held to the same academic standards. Teachers base their instruction on the South Carolina Education Standards. These can be viewed at http://ed.sc.gov/instruction/standards-learning/. Classes may differ in the approach that is taken to meet the standards, but the same standards are taught to all students at each grade level. Boys and girls take the same tests. Rooms may be arranged differently, different novels may be selected for boys or girls, explanations may be stated differently, projects may be assigned to meet different areas of interest. The key is being able to work to the strengths of boys and girls while holding high learning expectations for both. It is inappropriate to generalize and say “all boys learn better one way and all girls learn better another.” However, there are strategies that tend to work well with each group in a single gender setting.