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...other hand, girls’ schools have created fertile learning spaces for their students. Girls from single sex institutions are more likely to study math and science, to study advanced placement subjects, and to study, period. Presumably they spend less time attending to grooming and garment selection. (According to one survey, girls at a single sex school estimated they saved 45 minutes a day when they began attending a single sex school and wearing uniforms...
Girls and minority children of both sexes benefit from the academic climate, leadership opportunities, and role models found in single sex schools. Indeed, some recent research has showed improvement not only in academic subjects like math but also in attendance and behavior. Given that poor children of Hispanic and African-American minorities are most at-risk for dropping out, according to U.S. Department of Education’s 2002 report, this is a strong argument for single sex schools...
...FROM MATH TO MUSIC...
Last year, Kelley Harris ‘09 survived Math 55, even though she lacked one of the class’s common denominators—a Y chromosome. She wasn’t alone. Fellow sophomores Hannah Chung ’09 and Hana Kitasei ’09, a Crimson photo editor, joined Harris for the first semester. They were three girls in a class of 21 (if you can do the math, that’s approximately 14.285 percent). But Chung said those numbers weren’t a problem...
...Currently employed as a receptionist for Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Zackheim says he enjoys math puzzles, brain teasers, and the European conquest game “Diplomacy...